From cac3b6665f884d46192c0dc98a64112e8b11a766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "djm@openbsd.org" Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 02:37:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] upstream commit better description for MaxSessions; bz#2531 Upstream-ID: e2c0d74ee185cd1a3e9d4ca1f1b939b745b354da --- sshd_config.5 | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sshd_config.5 b/sshd_config.5 index d94c5f5c0..c8444610b 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