submission: sshd_config documentation clarification

[Loganaden Velvindron]

please open a ticket here as well:

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/


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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