Protocol Error

[Eric Ekong]

*sh-2.05$ sshd -v
sshd: illegal option -- v
sshd version OpenSSH_2.3.0 green at FreeBSD.org 20010321
Usage: sshd [options]
Options:
  -f file    Configuration file (default /etc/ssh/sshd_config)
  -d         Debugging mode (multiple -d means more debugging)
  -i         Started from inetd
  -q         Quiet (no logging)
  -p port    Listen on the specified port (default: 22)
  -k seconds Regenerate server key every this many seconds (default: 3600)
  -g seconds Grace period for authentication (default: 300)
  -b bits    Size of server RSA key (default: 768 bits)
  -h file    File from which to read host key (default: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key)
  -u len     Maximum hostname length for utmp recording
  -4         Use IPv4 only
  -6         Use IPv6 only
			

bash-2.05$ ssh -v
SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0 green at FreeBSD.org 20010321, protocol versions
1.5/2.0.
Compiled with SSL (0x0090600f).
Usage: ssh [options] host [command]


bash-2.05$ uname -a
FreeBSD eric.unixtechs.org 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #1: Sat May
26 11:49:01 EDT 2001

Hope this helps


Markus Friedl <markus.friedl at informatik.uni-erlangen.de> [010528 17:36]:
> On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:05:33PM -0400, Eric Ekong wrote:
> > Does anyone know what causes this error. I recently installed a FreeBSD
> > server and out of the box this is what the error message kept coming up
> > with even though I using the default config files.  Any ideas....
> 
> what version of ssh is running on the server?
> the clients? what version does freebsd use?
> could you provide ssh -v and sshd -d output?

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