| Summary: | difficulty looking up default SSH port in documentation | ||
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| Product: | Portable OpenSSH | Reporter: | frederik-openssh |
| Component: | Documentation | Assignee: | Assigned to nobody <unassigned-bugs> |
| Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | djm |
| Priority: | P5 | ||
| Version: | 8.4p1 | ||
| Hardware: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
It's in the sshd manual page, since it is the thing that listens:
> -p port
> Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
> (default 22). Multiple port options are permitted. Ports
ssh strictly uses what is in /etc/services
closing bugs resolved before openssh-8.9 > ssh strictly uses what is in /etc/services
$ man ssh | grep etc/services
[1]$
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Just found it a bit strange that the default SSH port is not in the main manual page: $ cat /etc/services| grep -w '^ssh' ssh 22/tcp ssh 22/udp ssh 22/sctp ssh-mgmt 17235/tcp ssh-mgmt 17235/udp $ man ssh |grep -w port | wc -l 44 $ man ssh | grep 22 [1]$ man ssh | grep etc/services [1]$ man ssh_config |grep -w 22 fault is 22. What is the expected manner in which a new user learns this information? It is so basic that I would have put it in the second paragraph of the manual page.