sshd stops accepting connections

[Philippe Pegon]

Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Today I suddenly couldn't log in via ssh to a server I upgraded to
> FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE 4 days ago.  When I tried connect to port 22 using
> telnet(1) the following just happend:
> 
> [simon at zaphod:~] telnet 192.168.3.2 22
> Trying 192.168.3.2...
> Connected to jet.nitro.dk.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.

I'd seen the same problem in 5.3 release.

I've found this in the changelog of openssh and it seems to be very 
similar :
ftp://ftp.ca.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/ChangeLog
and
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252676

"
...
20040711
  - (dtucker) [auth-pam.c] Check for zero from waitpid() too, which
    allows the monitor to properly clean up the PAM thread (Debian
    bug #252676).
...
"

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Philippe PEGON