deprecated options in sshd_config

[mlrx]

Le 23/02/2018 à 12:42, Colin Watson a écrit :
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:46:31AM +0100, mlrx wrote:
>> I jumped from an OS to an other since few days. On the new one,
>> openssh comes in a much newer version (good thing): 7.6p1
>> sshd lets me know that there are two depreciated options:
>> - KeyRegenerationInterval
>> - UsePrivilegeSeparation
>>
>> I search for a place where I can find information about deprecated
>> options and how to manage it.
> 
> I can't give you a general answer other than reading git history, but
> regarding your specific options:
> 
>   * KeyRegenerationInterval was specific to SSH protocol 1, which you
>     almost certainly weren't using and in any case is no longer supported
>     in recent versions of OpenSSH.
>   * sshd now always behaves as if "UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox" had
>     been set, and this is no longer configurable.
> 
> In both cases, you should just remove the options from sshd_config.5.

Hello,

Thank you for your fast answer.
May I infer that when an option is deprecated it can simply be deleted
and consider that it is a working rule of the dev team (and therefore
adopt this mode of operation for the future)?

Regards,
-- 
benoist

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benoist