Feature Request: Invalid sshd port fallback

[Damien Miller]

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.