Re: ssh & sftp terminal timeout

[David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)]

Tim  wrote:
> Incidentally, if someone can tell me why "rpm -qa openssh-*" doesn't
> return "openssh-4.3p2-19.fc6" in the list, but "rpm -qa openssh*" does,
> I'd like to know.

The dash after openssh in openssh-4.2p1-fc4.10 is the delimiter between 
the package name and the version.  The dash after openssh in any of the 
others (e.g., openssh-askpass-4.3p2-19.fc6) is part of the package 
name.  The wild card works on package names; not versions.

Cheers,
Dave

ssh & sftp terminal timeout

[Tim]

Tim:
> > Incidentally, if someone can tell me why "rpm -qa openssh-*" doesn't
> > return "openssh-4.3p2-19.fc6" in the list, but "rpm -qa openssh*" does,
> > I'd like to know.

David G. Miller:
> The dash after openssh in openssh-4.2p1-fc4.10 is the delimiter between 
> the package name and the version.  The dash after openssh in any of the 
> others (e.g., openssh-askpass-4.3p2-19.fc6) is part of the package 
> name.  The wild card works on package names; not versions.

Ta very muchly, it makes sense now.