On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 01:06:55PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > I disagree. You should warn the administrator that he has to do that. > Especially just restarting ssh is _very_ wrong IMHO, because it can > easily kill the only access to a remote computer.
Restarting sshd doesn't kill existing sessions. You clearly have an existing session because you're using it to upgrade. I think it's better to restart sshd (and possibly have to clean up the occasional problem) than to have it silently continue running using old libraries with security issues. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
