Hello Paul, or anyone else affected, Accepted openssh into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575961 Title: OpenSSH Client Certificate Auth Regression Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in openssh source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: OpenSSH Client Certificates worked in Ubuntu 15.10 and 14.04 LTS -- but not 16.04. OpenSSH 7.2.p2 includes a bug in how it loads keys & certificates, and basically will never find the correct private key for an OpenSSH Client Certificate. This is the upstream bug: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2550 Fix was committed on March 14: https://github.com/openssh/openssh- portable/commit/c38905ba391434834da86abfc988a2b8b9b62477 I've tested with the attached patch, and it allows Client Certificate auth to work at all. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1575961/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp