Feature Request: Invalid sshd port fallback

[Stop Spazzing]

Version being used is: OpenSSH_6.6.1 was it added after this?

This is the default for Operating system Ubuntu Linux 14.04.2

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 4:13 PM Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Jul 2015, Stop Spazzing wrote:
>
> > I see your point and that makes valid sense;I even change default port.
> >
> > "It would be better to let you know the port is wrong and fail to start
> > until you fixed the problem and selected a valid non-standard port."
> >
> > Is there any reason something like this isn't implemented already? Could
> it
> > be implemented?
>
> It is:
>
> [djm at fuyu ssh]$ /usr/sbin/sshd -oPort=10000000
> command-line line 0: Badly formatted port number.
>
> Not sure what version you are using, but that check has been in place
> for a long time.
>