Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 13:15:14 -0800 From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, bloom@acm.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh strangeness in -current... Message-ID: <200003062115.e26LFEq68238@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: <20000306210349.A73029@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003061226190.39179-100000@hub.freebsd.org> <200003062032.NAA61484@harmony.village.org> <20000306210349.A73029@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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--==_Exmh_1751912798P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, David Malone wrote: > On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 01:32:00PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > > : > + Openssh isn't 100% compatible with ssh, so some care needs to > > : > + be taken in its operation. > > : > > : This sounds bad. Are you referring to the -o syntax differences, or actua > l > > : incompatabilities? There have been unsubstantiated reports of > > : interoperability problems, but nothing well documented here. > > > > I'm talking about the -o syntax difference specifically. How does the > > following sound? > > [SNIP] > > > + Openssh's command line parsing isn't 100% compatible with ssh, > > + so some care needs to be taken in its operation. > > I'd leave it saying that it isn't 100% compatible - it may sound > bad but it's true. There are several other things that aren't the > same: default options are different, some options have been removed > (AllowHosts is one that I know of), it produces warning messages > where the old ssh wouldn't have. I'm sure there are other differences > too. Rather than let the users guess at various incompatabilities (imagined and real), why not give them a few examples, as in your (David's) last message? "Care needs to be taken when converting from ssh to OpenSSH. OpenSSH's command-line parsing isn't 100% compatible with ssh, some of the default options have been changed, some options (such as AllowHosts) have been removed, and it produces a few more warning messages than ssh." Bruce. --==_Exmh_1751912798P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: eGz8t7RAhR1hLdezOH4kUK6TAAlKdk46 iQA/AwUBOMQf4tjKMXFboFLDEQJxewCgpDjLUDw5STEZKecVJA42gg2NGZoAoM85 j1+jqyF/TgdRSEMQwd1JHMAx =8+8A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1751912798P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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