--- a/cli-runopts.c	Wed Mar 12 23:40:02 2014 +0800
+++ b/cli-runopts.c	Fri Jan 23 21:38:47 2015 +0800
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 					"-c <cipher list> Specify preferred ciphers ('-c help' to list options)\n"
 					"-m <MAC list> Specify preferred MACs for packet verification (or '-m help')\n"
 #endif
+					"-V    Version\n"
 #ifdef DEBUG_TRACE
 					"-v    verbose (compiled with DEBUG_TRACE)\n"
 #endif
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@
 	opts.ipv6 = 1;
 	*/
 	opts.recv_window = DEFAULT_RECV_WINDOW;
+	opts.keepalive_secs = DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE;
+	opts.idle_timeout_secs = DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT;
 
 	fill_own_user();
 
@@ -322,6 +325,10 @@
 #ifndef ENABLE_CLI_LOCALTCPFWD
 				case 'L':
 #endif
+				case 'V':
+					print_version();
+					exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+					break;
 				case 'o':
 				case 'b':
 					next = &dummy;
@@ -676,11 +683,13 @@
 	uid = getuid();
 
 	pw = getpwuid(uid);
-	if (pw == NULL || pw->pw_name == NULL) {
-		dropbear_exit("Unknown own user");
+	if (pw && pw->pw_name != NULL) {
+		cli_opts.own_user = m_strdup(pw->pw_name);
+	} else {
+		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Warning: failed to identify current user. Trying anyway.");
+		cli_opts.own_user = m_strdup("unknown");
 	}
 
-	cli_opts.own_user = m_strdup(pw->pw_name);
 }
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_CLI_ANYTCPFWD