[Bug 457] New: SSHD doesn't start when using invalid port numbers

[Kevin Steves]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:24:02AM -0600, Wendy Palm wrote:
> i would rather find the error immediately and fix it than have the software 
> try and
> guess what i really meant.

and there's 'sshd -t' to help with this:

     -t   Test mode.  Only check the validity of  the  configura-
          tion  file  and sanity of the keys.  This is useful for
          updating sshd reliably  as  configuration  options  may
          change.