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Bug#433451: SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND undocumented in sshd(8)



Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:4.3p2-9
Severity: wishlist

Comparing sshd(8) with
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD
, I notice that even though the date at the bottom is equal, the openbsd
page lists an extra sentence in the AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT section,
but-on-last in the command="command" bit.

This sentence reads "The command originally supplied by the client is
available in the SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND environment variable.", and is
actually a useful one to document this otherwise undocumented behaviour.

I didn't research the ancestry of the manpage, but something weird
seems to go on here with versions and dates not being updated :).

--Jeroen

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii  adduser  3.102                           Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf  1.5.11                          Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg     1.13.25                         package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libc6    2.3.6.ds1-13                    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomer 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2 common error description library
ii  libkrb53 1.4.4-7etch2                    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libpam-m 0.79-4                          Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-r 0.79-4                          Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g 0.79-4                          Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselin 1.32-3                          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libssl0. 0.9.8c-4                        SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0 7.6.dbs-13                      Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  openssh- 1:4.3p2-9                       Secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  zlib1g   1:1.2.3-13                      compression library - runtime

openssh-server recommends no packages.

-- debconf information excluded

-- 
Jeroen van Wolffelaar
Jeroen@wolffelaar.nl (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357)
http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl



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