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Date:      Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:08:34 -0700
From:      Jim Mock <mij@nextrials.com>
To:        "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
Cc:        darryl@osborne-ind.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to determine version of SSH
Message-ID:  <20020626000834.GA303@helios.sr.nextrials.com>
In-Reply-To: <011601c21c90$69ee79e0$30ec910c@fbccarthage.com>
References:  <002301c21c8f$833d9f30$0701a8c0@darryl> <011601c21c90$69ee79e0$30ec910c@fbccarthage.com>

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On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 at 16:36:48 -0500, Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> I've seen a little confusion on this.  Here's why:
> 
> #sshd -v
> sshd: illegal option -- v
> sshd version OpenSSH_2.9 FreeBSD localisations 20020307
> Usage: sshd [options]
> Options:
>   -f file    Configuration file (default /etc/ssh/sshd_config)
>   -d         Debugging mode (multiple -d means more debugging)
>   -i         Started from inetd
>   -D         Do not fork into daemon mode
>   -q         Quiet (no logging)
>   -p port    Listen on the specified port (default: 22)
>   -k seconds Regenerate server key every this many seconds (default: 3600)
>   -g seconds Grace period for authentication (default: 600)
>   -b bits    Size of server RSA key (default: 768 bits)
>   -h file    File from which to read host key (default:
> /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key)
>   -u len     Maximum hostname length for utmp recording
>   -4         Use IPv4 only
>   -6         Use IPv6 only
> 
> As you can see, you do get a version number.  I
> wonder why they didn't follow the convention and
> write in a "-v" option.

They did, but it's -V.

- jim

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