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better description for MaxSessions; bz#2531

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djm@openbsd.org 2016-02-05 02:37:56 +00:00 committed by Damien Miller
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" $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
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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