Debug traces

Table 1 describes options that relate to user-controlled trace information.

Table 1. Debug trace options
Option Sub-Option Description
-t   Internal tracing, intended to replace the DIAGNOSTICS compile option currently in place within the BSD code.
-D authentication Turns on authentication debugging code.
-D encryption Turns on encryption debugging code.
-D options Prints information about the negotiation of TELNET options.
-D report Prints the options information, plus some additional information about what processing is going on.
-D netdata Displays the data stream received by telnetd.
-D ptydata Displays the data stream written to the pty.
-D all Supports all options/report/ptydata/netdata/authentication/encryption options.