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From:
Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject:
Re: Remove privsep vestige
To:
Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
Cc:
tech@openbsd.org, openssh@openssh.com
Date:
Thu, 5 Feb 2026 12:52:50 +0000

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  • Damien Miller:

    Remove privsep vestige

    • Stuart Henderson:

      Remove privsep vestige

On 2026/02/05 11:20, Damien Miller wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is another vestigial bit of support for the !privsep case in
> sshd. All direct access to the KbdintDevice should happen in the
> unprivileged ssh-auth process and should therefore be done by RPC
> into the privileged monitor. This means using the mm_* functions
> unconditionally.
> 
> Would appreciate if someone who uses BSD authentication (e.g.
> login_yubikey or login_ldap) could test this.

Yes, this still works. Tested with totp via login_oath.