submission: sshd_config documentation clarification

J's Mail jmales at gmail.com
Fri Dec 13 03:50:39 EST 2013


Thanks.  Done.

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2184

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Loganaden Velvindron
<loganaden at gmail.com> wrote:
> please open a ticket here as well:
>
> https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/
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> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:34 PM, J's Mail <jmales at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The man 5 sshd_config fails to clarify what happens when multiple
>> qualifying Match blocks specify the same configuration option.  This
>> patch updates the man page to do so.
>>
>> I tested the behaviour and described what was empirically observed.  I
>> can only assume this is the desired behaviour.
>>
>> This is a first attempt.  If format or something else is off, let me
>> know; I'll be happy to adjust.
>>
>> ----
>> Match
>> Introduces a conditional block.  If all of the criteria on the Match
>> line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those
>> set in the global section of the config file, until either another
>> Match line or the end of the file. If multiple Match blocks are
>> satisfied, and a keyword is specified multiple times, the first Match
>> block instance of the keyword is honored.
>>
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