[Bug 1701298] Re: ssh_config should include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/* by default

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Hi Erich,
I agree that would be a nice change to have, but I got puzzled checking the details.

In general it seemed to requires 7.3p1 it seems: => https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1585.
Therefore e.g. in Xenial I wondered to find nothing about the Include statement but that was 7.2.
But all later versions are ok, so there it makes absolutely sense.

It is already done for the user side of the config in:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/739495

But looking deeper I realized that this is only implemented by Upstream
for the client part (ssh) but not the sshd server (at least trusting the
man pages updated with the referred upstream change).

That said I'd have to ask you for two thing:
1. This bug is present in Debian too and we carry next to no delta. So it would be best fixed in Debian, and then Ubuntu will pick it up on the next merge. Would you mind filing a bug with Debian please?
2. Also since at least according to my sniff check it seems the upstream sshd doesn't have an Include directive you might file a bug there as well and link it here and in the Debian bug.

For now confirming the idea and setting wishlist as for all feature
requests.

** Bug watch added: OpenSSH Portable Bugzilla #1585
   https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1585

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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Title:
  ssh_config should include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/* by default

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  It is not currently possible to deploy packages with system-specific SSH configuration settings without modifying the ssh_config file.  Ideally the default ssh_config file would simply contain:
  Include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*
  as this would allow packages to deploy such settings without tampering with the main ssh_config file.

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