[Bug 1656557] [NEW] sshd_config issue crashes sshd daemon

[nmarques]

Public bug reported:


Dear People,

The field 'PasswordAuthentication' unlike all the others requires no
capitalization in order for the ssh daemon to start properly!

While this works:

PasswordAuthentication yes


The following doesn't work for this field (though works for other fields):

PasswordAuthentication Yes

This is most likely an issue to bring up to upstream project. Could we
have a fix so that configuration can be done in a consistent way and the
daemon doesn't break because of capitalization of a given parameter (it
works on the other fields using [Yy] or [Nn]).

This is a reality in 14.04 and 16.04.

Thanks for your time.

** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  sshd_config issue crashes sshd daemon

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  
  Dear People,

  The field 'PasswordAuthentication' unlike all the others requires no
  capitalization in order for the ssh daemon to start properly!

  While this works:

  PasswordAuthentication yes

  
  The following doesn't work for this field (though works for other fields):

  PasswordAuthentication Yes

  This is most likely an issue to bring up to upstream project. Could we
  have a fix so that configuration can be done in a consistent way and
  the daemon doesn't break because of capitalization of a given
  parameter (it works on the other fields using [Yy] or [Nn]).

  This is a reality in 14.04 and 16.04.

  Thanks for your time.

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