Bug 1895 - PATCH: sshd_config: Reformat configuration in sections.
Summary: PATCH: sshd_config: Reformat configuration in sections.
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version: -current
Hardware: All All
: P2 enhancement
Assignee: Assigned to nobody
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Reported: 2011-05-01 01:14 AEST by Jari Aalto
Modified: 2011-09-06 15:33 AEST (History)
2 users (show)

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Improve sshd_config layout (6.91 KB, patch)
2011-05-01 01:14 AEST, Jari Aalto 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Jari Aalto 2011-05-01 01:14:06 AEST 
Created attachment 2037 [details]
Improve sshd_config layout

- Add section breaks to help finding visual cues. Indent standard text
  to column 8 (position of tab) and leave configuration examples to the   left.
- Add new example: how to restrict root login only inside local LAN.

This patch is against CVS 2011-04-30 15:12
Comment 1 Darren Tucker 2011-05-06 10:56:39 AEST 
I'm not a fan; to me this looks worse.
Comment 2 Damien Miller 2011-06-03 10:52:45 AEST 
Thanks, but I agree with Darren. If you would like to discuss changing the layout of the configuration file, then it is probably better to thrash it out on the mailing list first.
Comment 3 Damien Miller 2011-09-06 15:33:01 AEST 
close resolved bugs now that openssh-5.9 has been released