For those who are interested, its not that hard to compile your own version. I had to remove all of openssh (server+client) using synaptic, and then compiled and packaged using checkinstall.
For some reason, the init script no longer worked so I did a removal all (or whatever its called: remove everything including configuration) and wrote my own simple startup command /usr/sbin/sshd -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config which is started via rc.local. I noticed this because the old starup (/etc/init.d/ssh start) did not apply the configuration I specified in sshd_config, so be careful! I don't know enough about ubuntu to tell you what's going on there. Of course with this method you will need to personally make sure you stay up to date with any security updates in openssh. No sense in waiting for this though. Compiling your own packages isn't so hard after all... -- Please backport OpenSSH 5.1 to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286337 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy Backports. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
