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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
May 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
666 pages
21h 5m
English
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sshd Options

OpenSSH

Tectia

Option

Meaning

 

-4

Use IPv4 addresses only

 

-6

Use IPv6 addresses only

 

-b bits

# of bits in server key

 

-d

Verbose mode

 

-d debug_spec

Enable debug messages

 

-D debug_spec

Enable debug messages, keep listening

 

-D

Don’t detach into background

 

-e

Send error messages to stderr

-f filename

Use other configuration file

-g time

Set login grace time

-h filename

Use other host key file

-i

Use inetd for invocation

1

 

-k time

Regeneration interval for SSH-1 server key

-o “keyword value”

Set configuration keyword

-p port

Select TCP port number

-q

Quiet mode

 

-Q

Quiet if RSA support is missing

 

-t

Test mode

 

-u length

Set length of utmp structure

 

-v

Verbose mode

 

-V

Print version number

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