Bug#458547: openssh-server: please consider adding possibility to give extra parameters to init script

[Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>]

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:4.7p1-1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

the following patch to the init script will allow temporary daemon
parameters to be passed on the init script command line, for example as

# /etc/init.d/ssh start "-o PermitRootLogin=yes"

$ diff -u ssh /etc/init.d/ssh
--- ssh 2008-01-01 16:39:30.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/init.d/ssh     2008-01-01 16:41:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@

 . /lib/lsb/init-functions

+if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+  SSHD_OPTS="$SSHD_OPTS $2"
+fi
+
 # Are we running from init?
 run_by_init() {
     ([ "$previous" ] && [ "$runlevel" ]) || [ "$runlevel" = S ]
$

Greetings
Marc