| Summary: | sshd_config Match block clarification | ||||||
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| Product: | Portable OpenSSH | Reporter: | jmales | ||||
| Component: | sshd | Assignee: | Assigned to nobody <unassigned-bugs> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | djm, dtucker | ||||
| Priority: | P5 | ||||||
| Version: | 6.4p1 | ||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | All | ||||||
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| Bug Blocks: | 2188 | ||||||
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Looks reasonable. I might tweak the wording a little. FYI: stylistically, sentences should start on a new line (it's not a problem, I'll change that). Thanks. Retarget incomplete bugs / feature requests to 6.6 release Retarget incomplete bugs / feature requests to 6.6 release Similar patch applied - will be in OpenSSH-6.6; due soon. Close all bugs left open from 6.6 and 6.7 releases. |
Created attachment 2388 [details] man page update in diff format The man 5 sshd_config fails to clarify what happens when multiple qualifying Match blocks specify the same configuration option. This patch updates the man page to do so. I tested the behaviour and described what was empirically observed. I can only assume this is the desired behaviour. This is a first attempt. If format or something else is off, let me know; I'll be happy to adjust. ---- Match Introduces a conditional block. If all of the criteria on the Match line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those set in the global section of the config file, until either another Match line or the end of the file. If multiple Match blocks are satisfied, and a keyword is specified multiple times, the first Match block instance of the keyword is honored.