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| author | djm@openbsd.org <djm@openbsd.org> | 2016-02-05 02:37:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2016-02-08 21:58:28 +1100 |
| commit | cac3b6665f884d46192c0dc98a64112e8b11a766 (patch) | |
| tree | 6739eff8ff48e4616a1e111a473c5f50a4392252 | |
| parent | 5ef4b0fdcc7a239577a754829b50022b91ab4712 (diff) | |
upstream commit
better description for MaxSessions; bz#2531
Upstream-ID: e2c0d74ee185cd1a3e9d4ca1f1b939b745b354da
| -rw-r--r-- | sshd_config.5 | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sshd_config.5 b/sshd_config.5 index d94c5f5c..c8444610 100644 --- a/sshd_config.5 +++ b/sshd_config.5 @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.215 2015/11/13 04:38:06 djm Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 13 2015 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.216 2016/02/05 02:37:56 djm Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 5 2016 $ .Dt SSHD_CONFIG 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1143,7 +1143,15 @@ Once the number of failures reaches half this value, additional failures are logged. The default is 6. .It Cm MaxSessions -Specifies the maximum number of open sessions permitted per network connection. +Specifies the maximum number of open shell, login or subsystem (e.g. sftp) +sessions permitted per network connection. +Multiple sessions may be established by clients that support connection +multiplexing. +Setting +.Cm MaxSessions +to 1 will effectively disable session multiplexing, whereas setting it to 0 +will prevent all shell, login and subsystem sessions while still permitting +forwarding. The default is 10. .It Cm MaxStartups Specifies the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections to the |