ss-server: unrecognized option '--plugin-opts'

[yukeiyang]

Server：Ubuntu 16.10
Client：Openwrt 15.05 on XiaoMi-Mini Router
Already installed simple-obfs in server end, client also.

When apply plugin-opts in server end:

root@f:~# ss-server -c config.json --plugin obfs-server --plugin-opts "obfs=http"
ss-server: unrecognized option '--plugin-opts'

shadowsocks-libev 2.4.8

  maintained by Max Lv <max.c.lv@gmail.com> and Linus Yang <laokongzi@gmail.com>

  usage:

When check status:

root@f:~# /etc/init.d/shadowsocks-libev status
● shadowsocks-libev.service - Shadowsocks-libev Default Server Service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/shadowsocks-libev.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2017-03-09 02:49:45 CST; 11min ago
     Docs: man:shadowsocks-libev(8)
 Main PID: 2228 (ss-server)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 632.0K
      CPU: 495ms
   CGroup: /system.slice/shadowsocks-libev.service
           └─2228 /usr/bin/ss-server -a root -c /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json -u

Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: invalid password or cipher
Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: failed to handshake with 223.73.4.116
Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: invalid password or cipher
Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: failed to handshake with 223.73.4.116
Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: invalid password or cipher
Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: failed to handshake with 223.73.4.116
Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: invalid password or cipher
Mar 09 02:50:04 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:04 ERROR: failed to handshake with 223.73.4.116
Mar 09 02:50:19 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:19 ERROR: authentication error from 27.10.142.83
Mar 09 02:50:20 f ss-server[2228]:  2017-03-09 02:50:20 ERROR: authentication error from 221.207.37.96

So, How can i enable option '--plugin-opts ?

[liyiecho]

You need to update the version of shadowsocks-libev >= 3.

[yukeiyang]

@liyiecho Great. Success. The error gone when upgrade to 3.0.3 by Compile Install.
thanks.