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sshd

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sshd is the daemon program for ssh. It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network.[1]

Documentation

Syntax

sshd [PARAMETER ...]

Parameters

-4
Forces sshd to use IPv4 addresses only.
-6
Forces sshd to use IPv6 addresses only.
-t
Test mode. Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys. This is useful for updating sshd reliably as configuration options may change.

Examples

Test the current configuration
sshd -t

References

  1. Project contributors. "sshd(8)." OpenSSH project. https://man.openbsd.org/sshd (accessed 18.03.2025)