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.
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Jeroen van Wolffelaar
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