1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/servconf.c b/servconf.c
index 9bbd994ca..c3f1253e8 100644
--- a/servconf.c
+++ b/servconf.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ static void add_one_listen_addr(ServerOptions *, char *, u_short);
 
 /* AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET or AF_INET6 */
 extern int IPv4or6;
+/* Use of privilege separation or not */
+extern int use_privsep;
 
 /* Initializes the server options to their default values. */
 
@@ -110,6 +112,9 @@ initialize_server_options(ServerOptions *options)
         options->client_alive_count_max = -1;
         options->authorized_keys_file = NULL;
         options->authorized_keys_file2 = NULL;
+
+        /* Needs to be accessable in many places */
+        use_privsep = -1;
 }
 
 void
@@ -235,6 +240,10 @@ fill_default_server_options(ServerOptions *options)
         }
         if (options->authorized_keys_file == NULL)
                 options->authorized_keys_file = _PATH_SSH_USER_PERMITTED_KEYS;
+
+        /* Turn privilege separation on by default */
+        if (use_privsep == -1)
+                use_privsep = 1;
 }
 
 /* Keyword tokens. */
@@ -267,6 +276,7 @@ typedef enum {
         sBanner, sVerifyReverseMapping, sHostbasedAuthentication,
         sHostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly, sClientAliveInterval,
         sClientAliveCountMax, sAuthorizedKeysFile, sAuthorizedKeysFile2,
+        sUsePrivilegeSeparation,
         sDeprecated
 } ServerOpCodes;
 
@@ -342,6 +352,7 @@ static struct {
         { "clientalivecountmax", sClientAliveCountMax },
         { "authorizedkeysfile", sAuthorizedKeysFile },
         { "authorizedkeysfile2", sAuthorizedKeysFile2 },
+        { "useprivilegeseparation", sUsePrivilegeSeparation},
         { NULL, sBadOption }
 };
 
@@ -718,6 +729,10 @@ parse_flag:
                 intptr = &options->allow_tcp_forwarding;
                 goto parse_flag;
 
+        case sUsePrivilegeSeparation:
+                intptr = &use_privsep;
+                goto parse_flag;
+
         case sAllowUsers:
                 while ((arg = strdelim(&cp)) && *arg != '\0') {
                         if (options->num_allow_users >= MAX_ALLOW_USERS)