Bug 1479 - only ssh and sshd show version numbers
Summary: only ssh and sshd show version numbers
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ssh-add (show other bugs)
Version: -current
Hardware: All Linux
: P5 enhancement
Assignee: Assigned to nobody
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: 1292 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2008-06-16 05:18 AEST by Lars Noodén
Modified: 2016-02-27 03:24 AEDT (History)
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Description Lars Noodén 2008-06-16 05:18:02 AEST 
Only the ssh program itself shows its version easily. e.g.

   $ ssh -V
   OpenSSH_4.8, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006

The others, seem to be missing an option which produces a version number:

sshd
ssh-add
ssh-agent
ssh-keygen
ssh-keyscan
scanssh
Comment 1 Damien Miller 2008-06-25 15:32:49 AEST 
Is an option for each program really necessary? Do you mix and match installed versions of OpenSSH components?
Comment 2 Uwe Hermann 2008-08-04 02:15:58 AEST 
*** Bug 1292 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Marc Bejarano 2016-02-27 03:24:58 AEDT 
certainly the an option for each program isn't necessary, but a better question is "Is an option for each program useful?".

what makes it more useful for ssh and sshd than for the others?

i don't purposefully mix and match installed versions of OpenSSH components, but sometimes i use systems that i don't maintain.