#1074324 openssh-client: double entry of "GSSAPIAuthentication" in /etc/ssh/ssh_config"

Package:
openssh-client
Source:
openssh-client
Description:
secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Submitter:
lopiuh
Date:
2026-08-23 11:43:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1074324#5
Date:
2024-06-26 15:45:53 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

/etc/ssh/ssh_config: Property "GSSAPIAuthentication" is contained twice (once active and once commented out.)

Is that intentionally?

Yours lopiuh
#1074324#10
Date:
2024-06-26 16:48:07 UTC
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Not particularly, but I guess it serves to minimize the diff against
upstream in some way.  Why does it matter?
#1074324#15
Date:
2024-06-26 17:09:59 UTC
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#1074324#20
Date:
2024-06-26 17:25:40 UTC
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I would hope that people editing configuration files would generally
recognize comments!
#1074324#25
Date:
2024-06-26 19:43:11 UTC
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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2024 um 19:25 Uhr
Von: "Colin Watson" <cjwatson@debian.org>
An: "lopiuh" <lopiuh@gmx.de>, 1074324@bugs.debian.org
Betreff: Re: Bug#1074324: Aw: Re: Bug#1074324: openssh-client: double entry of "GSSAPIAuthentication" in /etc/ssh/ssh_config"

Yes, sure, sorry. I meant you edit line 1 and don't get that it gets overridden in line 3 (which is several lines down in the config). But what's worse in general, the default value I will expect when I read "# GSSAPIAuthentication no" is "no," and I do not expect to have it overridden, and eventually the active setting is "yes" (through the last line). It is at least bad style, in my opinion. I shouldn't have to question every line as a user.


1 #   GSSAPIAuthentication no
2 [...several config lines...]
3 GSSAPIAuthentication yes


Yours lopiuh