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I know I have the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
I wanted to find it because I didn't remember the path.

Referring to this, https://linux.die.net/man/1/find , and some comments of people with the same problem using "find" I tried: find / sshd_config and sudo find / sshd_config and find /etc sshd_config and find /etc/ssh sshd_config

Result: No such file or directory

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I'd like to know why find does not find that file. I also like to know if it is not the right command, which command is the right one ti find a file when we don't know the path (also using wildcard will help).

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You need an expression. A simple one, case-insensitive name: find /etc -iname sshd_config. The man page shows you all the other expressions you can use.

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  • I though -iname was a parameter for case insensitive name and just the name was enough as expression. Thanks. (I found it needs sudo too) Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 20:00
  • Noop, you need -name or -iname to search for a name. Also, You don't need to be root (sudo) to find /etc/ssh/sshd_config since /etc, /etc/ssh as well as /etc/ssh/sshd_config have the read permission set for 'other'. You'll just get a lot of error messages about directories your not allowed to read and therefore should redirect stderr to /dev/null. (e.g. find / -name sshd_config 2>/dev/null) Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 20:45
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You just need to add -name parameter

find /etc/ssh -name sshd_config should work just fine

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