Pre-release of Version 2.1.8

[Alan DeKok]

Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> writes:
>> The server had been running for 45 hours when this happened.  I haven't
>> got the faintest idea where to start looking for the bug.
> 
> I have to correct myself after looking over the logs:  The server
> stopped answering authentication requsts, but it continued to answer
> accounting requests.

  Found, fixed, pushed to "v2.1.x" on github.

  Alan DeKok.