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.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.\" sshd.8.in
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.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
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.\" All rights reserved
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.\"
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.\" Created: Sat Apr 22 21:55:14 1995 ylo
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.\"
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.\" $Id: sshd.8,v 1.4 1999/10/28 23:17:36 damien Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd September 25, 1999
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.Dt SSHD 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sshd
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.Nd secure shell daemon
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm sshd
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.Op Fl diq
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.Op Fl b Ar bits
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.Op Fl f Ar config_file
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.Op Fl g Ar login_grace_time
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.Op Fl h Ar host_key_file
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.Op Fl k Ar key_gen_time
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.Op Fl p Ar port
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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(Secure Shell Daemon) is the daemon program for
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.Xr ssh 1 .
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Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh programs, and
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provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
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over an insecure network. The programs are intended to be as easy to
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install and use as possible.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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is the daemon that listens for connections from clients. It is
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normally started at boot from
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.Pa /etc/rc .
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It forks a new
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daemon for each incoming connection. The forked daemons handle
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key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution,
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and data exchange.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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works as follows. Each host has a host-specific RSA key
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(normally 1024 bits) used to identify the host. Additionally, when
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the daemon starts, it generates a server RSA key (normally 768 bits).
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This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and
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is never stored on disk.
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.Pp
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Whenever a client connects the daemon, the daemon sends its host
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and server public keys to the client. The client compares the
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host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
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The client then generates a 256 bit random number. It encrypts this
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random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends
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the encrypted number to the server. Both sides then start to use this
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random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further
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communications in the session. The rest of the session is encrypted
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using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish and 3DES, with 3DES
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being is used by default. The client selects the encryption algorithm
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to use from those offered by the server.
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.Pp
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Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog. The
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client tries to authenticate itself using
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.Pa .rhosts
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authentication,
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.Pa .rhosts
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authentication combined with RSA host
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authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password
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based authentication.
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.Pp
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Rhosts authentication is normally disabled
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because it is fundamentally insecure, but can be enabled in the server
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configuration file if desired. System security is not improved unless
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.Xr rshd 8 ,
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.Xr rlogind 8 ,
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.Xr rexecd 8 ,
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and
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.Xr rexd 8
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are disabled (thus completely disabling
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.Xr rlogin 1
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and
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.Xr rsh 1
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into that machine).
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.Pp
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If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
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preparing the session is entered. At this time the client may request
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things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
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forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
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connection over the secure channel.
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.Pp
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Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
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The sides then enter session mode. In this mode, either side may send
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data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
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command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
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.Pp
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When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
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connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
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the client, and both sides exit.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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can be configured using command-line options or a configuration
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file. Command-line options override values specified in the
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configuration file.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl b Ar bits
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Specifies the number of bits in the server key (default 768).
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.Pp
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.It Fl d
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Debug mode. The server sends verbose debug output to the system
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log, and does not put itself in the background. The server also will
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not fork and will only process one connection. This option is only
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intended for debugging for the server.
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.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
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Specifies the name of the configuration file. The default is
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.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
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.Nm
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refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
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.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
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Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
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300 seconds). If the client fails to authenticate the user within
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this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits. A value of zero
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indicates no limit.
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.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
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Specifies the file from which the host key is read (default
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.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key ) .
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This option must be given if
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.Nm
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is not run as root (as the normal
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host file is normally not readable by anyone but root).
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.It Fl i
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Specifies that
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.Nm
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is being run from inetd.
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.Nm
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is normally not run
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from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
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respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds. Clients
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would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
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However, with small key sizes (e.g. 512) using
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.Nm
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from inetd may
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be feasible.
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.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
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Specifies how often the server key is regenerated (default 3600
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seconds, or one hour). The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
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often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour,
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it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
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communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
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seized. A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
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.It Fl p Ar port
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Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
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(default 22).
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.It Fl q
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Quiet mode. Nothing is sent to the system log. Normally the beginning,
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authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
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.It Fl Q
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Do not print an error message if RSA support is missing.
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.El
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.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
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.Nm
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reads configuration data from
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.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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(or the file specified with
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.Fl f
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on the command line). The file
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contains keyword-value pairs, one per line. Lines starting with
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.Ql #
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and empty lines are interpreted as comments.
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.Pp
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The following keywords are possible.
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Cm AFSTokenPassing
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Specifies whether an AFS token may be forwarded to the server. Default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm AllowGroups
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This keyword can be followed by a number of group names, separated
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by spaces. If specified, login is allowed only for users whose primary
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group matches one of the patterns.
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.Ql \&*
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and
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.Ql ?
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can be used as
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wildcards in the patterns. Only group names are valid, a numerical group
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id isn't recognized. By default login is allowed regardless of
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the primary group.
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.Pp
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.It Cm AllowUsers
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This keyword can be followed by a number of user names, separated
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by spaces. If specified, login is allowed only for users names that
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match one of the patterns.
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.Ql \&*
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and
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.Ql ?
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can be used as
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wildcards in the patterns. Only user names are valid, a numerical user
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id isn't recognized. By default login is allowed regardless of
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the user name.
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.Pp
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.It Cm CheckMail
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Specifies whether
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.Nm
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should check for new mail for interactive logins.
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The default is
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.Dq no .
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.It Cm DenyGroups
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This keyword can be followed by a number of group names, separated
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by spaces. Users whose primary group matches one of the patterns
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aren't allowed to log in.
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.Ql \&*
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and
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.Ql ?
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can be used as
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wildcards in the patterns. Only group names are valid, a numerical group
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id isn't recognized. By default login is allowed regardless of
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the primary group.
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.Pp
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.It Cm DenyUsers
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This keyword can be followed by a number of user names, separated
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by spaces. Login is allowed disallowed for user names that match
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one of the patterns.
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.Ql \&*
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and
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.Ql ?
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can be used as
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wildcards in the patterns. Only user names are valid, a numerical user
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id isn't recognized. By default login is allowed regardless of
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the user name.
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.Pp
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.It Cm FascistLogging
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Specifies whether to use verbose logging. Verbose logging violates
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the privacy of users and is not recommended. The argument must be
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.Dq yes
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or
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.Dq no .
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The default is
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.Dq no .
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.It Cm HostKey
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Specifies the file containing the private host key (default
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.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key ) .
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Note that
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.Nm
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does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
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.It Cm IgnoreRhosts
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Specifies that rhosts and shosts files will not be used in
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authentication.
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.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
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and
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.Pa /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv
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are still used. The default is
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.Dq no .
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.It Cm KeepAlive
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Specifies whether the system should send keepalive messages to the
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other side. If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one
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of the machines will be properly noticed. However, this means that
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connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people
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find it annoying. On the other hand, if keepalives are not send,
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sessions may hang indefinitely on the server, leaving
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.Dq ghost
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users and consuming server resources.
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.Pp
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The default is
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.Dq yes
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(to send keepalives), and the server will notice
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if the network goes down or the client host reboots. This avoids
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infinitely hanging sessions.
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.Pp
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To disable keepalives, the value should be set to
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.Dq no
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in both the server and the client configuration files.
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.It Cm KerberosAuthentication
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Specifies whether Kerberos authentication is allowed. This can
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be in the form of a Kerberos ticket, or if
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.Cm PasswordAuthentication
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is yes, the password provided by the user will be validated through
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the Kerberos KDC. Default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm KerberosOrLocalPasswd
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If set then if password authentication through Kerberos fails then
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the password will be validated via any additional local mechanism
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such as
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.Pa /etc/passwd
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or SecurID. Default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm KerberosTgtPassing
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Specifies whether a Kerberos TGT may be forwarded to the server.
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Default is
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.Dq no ,
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as this only works when the Kerberos KDC is actually an AFS kaserver.
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.It Cm KerberosTicketCleanup
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Specifies whether to automatically destroy the user's ticket cache
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file on logout. Default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm KeyRegenerationInterval
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The server key is automatically regenerated after this many seconds
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(if it has been used). The purpose of regeneration is to prevent
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decrypting captured sessions by later breaking into the machine and
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stealing the keys. The key is never stored anywhere. If the value is
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0, the key is never regenerated. The default is 3600
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(seconds).
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.It Cm ListenAddress
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Specifies what local address
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.Nm
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should listen on.
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The default is to listen to all local addresses.
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.It Cm LoginGraceTime
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The server disconnects after this time if the user has not
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successfully logged in. If the value is 0, there is no time limit.
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The default is 600 (seconds).
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.It Cm PasswordAuthentication
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Specifies whether password authentication is allowed.
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The default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm PermitEmptyPasswords
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When password authentication is allowed, it specifies whether the
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server allows login to accounts with empty password strings. The default
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is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm PermitRootLogin
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Specifies whether the root can log in using
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.Xr ssh 1 .
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The argument must be
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.Dq yes ,
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.Dq without-password
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or
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.Dq no .
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The default is
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.Dq yes .
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If this options is set to
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.Dq without-password
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only password authentication is disabled for root.
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.Pp
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Root login with RSA authentication when the
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.Ar command
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option has been
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specified will be allowed regardless of the value of this setting
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(which may be useful for taking remote backups even if root login is
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normally not allowed).
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.It Cm Port
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Specifies the port number that
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.Nm
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listens on. The default is 22.
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.It Cm PrintMotd
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Specifies whether
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.Nm
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should print
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.Pa /etc/motd
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when a user logs in interactively. (On some systems it is also
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printed by the shell,
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.Pa /etc/profile ,
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or equivalent.) The default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm QuietMode
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Specifies whether the system runs in quiet mode. In quiet mode,
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nothing is logged in the system log, except fatal errors. The default
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is
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.Dq no .
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.It Cm RandomSeed
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Obsolete. Random number generation uses other techniques.
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.It Cm RhostsAuthentication
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Specifies whether authentication using rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv
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files is sufficient. Normally, this method should not be permitted
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because it is insecure.
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.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
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should be used
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instead, because it performs RSA-based host authentication in addition
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to normal rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv authentication.
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The default is
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.Dq no .
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.It Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
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Specifies whether rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv authentication together
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with successful RSA host authentication is allowed. The default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm RSAAuthentication
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Specifies whether pure RSA authentication is allowed. The default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm ServerKeyBits
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Defines the number of bits in the server key. The minimum value is
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512, and the default is 768.
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.It Cm SkeyAuthentication
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Specifies whether
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.Xr skey 1
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authentication is allowed. The default is
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.Dq yes .
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Note that s/key authentication is enabled only if
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.Cm PasswordAuthentication
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is allowed, too.
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.It Cm StrictModes
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Specifies whether
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.Nm
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should check file modes and ownership of the
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user's files and home directory before accepting login. This
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is normally desirable because novices sometimes accidentally leave their
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directory or files world-writable. The default is
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.Dq yes .
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.It Cm SyslogFacility
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Gives the facility code that is used when logging messages from
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.Nm sshd .
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The possible values are: DAEMON, USER, AUTH, LOCAL0, LOCAL1, LOCAL2,
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LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7. The default is AUTH.
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.It Cm UseLogin
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Specifies whether
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.Xr login 1
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is used. The default is
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.Dq no .
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.It Cm X11Forwarding
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Specifies whether X11 forwarding is permitted. The default is
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.Dq yes .
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Note that disabling X11 forwarding does not improve security in any
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way, as users can always install their own forwarders.
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.It Cm X11DisplayOffset
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Specifies the first display number available for
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.Nm sshd Ns 's
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X11 forwarding. This prevents
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.Nm
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from interfering with real X11 servers.
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.El
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.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
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When a user successfully logs in,
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.Nm
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does the following:
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.Bl -enum -offset indent
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.It
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If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
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prints last login time and
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.Pa /etc/motd
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(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
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.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
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see the
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.Sx FILES
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section).
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.It
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If the login is on a tty, records login time.
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.It
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Checks
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.Pa /etc/nologin ;
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if it exists, prints contents and quits
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(unless root).
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.It
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Changes to run with normal user privileges.
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.It
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Sets up basic environment.
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.It
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Reads
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.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
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if it exists.
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.It
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Changes to user's home directory.
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.It
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If
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.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
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exists, runs it; else if
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.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
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exists, runs
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it; otherwise runs xauth. The
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.Dq rc
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files are given the X11
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authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
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.It
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Runs user's shell or command.
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.El
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.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
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The
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.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
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file lists the RSA keys that are
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permitted for RSA authentication. Each line of the file contains one
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key (empty lines and lines starting with a
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.Ql #
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are ignored as
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comments). Each line consists of the following fields, separated by
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spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment. The options field
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is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
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with a number or not (the option field never starts with a number).
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The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key; the
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comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
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user to identify the key).
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.Pp
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Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
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(because of the size of the RSA key modulus). You don't want to type
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them in; instead, copy the
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.Pa identity.pub
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file and edit it.
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.Pp
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The options (if present) consists of comma-separated option
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specifications. No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
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The following option specifications are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Cm from="pattern-list"
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Specifies that in addition to RSA authentication, the canonical name
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of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
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patterns ('*' and '?' serve as wildcards). The list may also contain
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patterns negated by prefixing them with '!'; if the canonical host
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name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted. The purpose
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of this option is to optionally increase security: RSA authentication
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by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
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the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
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permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world. This
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additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
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servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
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just the key).
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.It Cm command="command"
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Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
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authentication. The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
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The command is run on a pty if the connection requests a pty;
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otherwise it is run without a tty. A quote may be included in the
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command by quoting it with a backslash. This option might be useful
|
|
to restrict certain RSA keys to perform just a specific operation. An
|
|
example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing
|
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else. Notice that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
|
|
forwardings unless they are explicitly prohibited.
|
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.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
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Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
|
|
logging in using this key. Environment variables set this way
|
|
override other default environment values. Multiple options of this
|
|
type are permitted.
|
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.It Cm no-port-forwarding
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Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
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Any port forward requests by the client will return an error. This
|
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might be used, e.g., in connection with the
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.Cm command
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option.
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.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
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Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
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Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
|
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.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
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|
Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
|
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authentication.
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.It Cm no-pty
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Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
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.El
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|
.Ss Examples
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1024 33 12121.\|.\|.\|312314325 ylo@foo.bar
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.Pp
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from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23.\|.\|.\|2334 ylo@niksula
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.Pp
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command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323 backup.hut.fi
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.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
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The
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.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
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|
and
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|
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
|
|
files contain host public keys for all known hosts. The global file should
|
|
be prepared by the admistrator (optional), and the per-user file is
|
|
maintained automatically: whenever the user connects an unknown host
|
|
its key is added to the per-user file.
|
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.Pp
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|
Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
|
|
bits, exponent, modulus, comment. The fields are separated by spaces.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns ('*' and '?' act as
|
|
wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
|
|
name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
|
|
name (when authenticating a server). A pattern may also be preceded
|
|
by
|
|
.Ql !
|
|
to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
|
|
pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
|
|
pattern on the line.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the host key; they
|
|
can be obtained, e.g., from
|
|
.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
|
|
The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Lines starting with
|
|
.Ql #
|
|
and empty lines are ignored as comments.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
|
|
matching line has the proper key. It is thus permissible (but not
|
|
recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
|
|
names. This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
|
|
from different domains are put in the file. It is possible
|
|
that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
|
|
accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
|
|
long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
|
|
Rather, generate them by a script
|
|
or by taking
|
|
.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
|
|
and adding the host names at the front.
|
|
.Ss Examples
|
|
closenet,closenet.hut.fi,.\|.\|.\|,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159.\|.\|.93 closenet.hut.fi
|
|
.Sh FILES
|
|
.Bl -tag -width Ds
|
|
.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
|
|
Contains configuration data for
|
|
.Nm sshd .
|
|
This file should be writable by root only, but it is recommended
|
|
(though not necessary) that it be world-readable.
|
|
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
|
|
Contains the private part of the host key.
|
|
This file should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
|
|
accessible to others.
|
|
Note that
|
|
.Nm
|
|
does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
|
|
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
|
|
Contains the public part of the host key.
|
|
This file should be world-readable but writable only by
|
|
root. Its contents should match the private part. This file is not
|
|
really used for anything; it is only provided for the convenience of
|
|
the user so its contents can be copied to known hosts files.
|
|
These two files are created using
|
|
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
|
|
.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
|
|
Contains the process ID of the
|
|
.Nm
|
|
listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
|
|
concurrently for different ports, this contains the pid of the one
|
|
started last). The contents of this file are not sensitive; it can be
|
|
world-readable.
|
|
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
|
|
Lists the RSA keys that can be used to log into the user's account.
|
|
This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
|
|
it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
|
|
volume). It is recommended that it not be accessible by others. The
|
|
format of this file is described above.
|
|
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
|
|
This file is consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
|
|
authentication to check the public key of the host. The key must be
|
|
listed in this file to be accepted.
|
|
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
|
|
The client uses this file
|
|
and
|
|
.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
|
|
to verify that the remote host is the one we intended to
|
|
connect. These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
|
|
.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
|
|
should be world-readable, and
|
|
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
|
|
can but need not be world-readable.
|
|
.It Pa /etc/nologin
|
|
If this file exists,
|
|
.Nm
|
|
refuses to let anyone except root log in. The contents of the file
|
|
are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
|
|
refused. The file should be world-readable.
|
|
.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
|
|
If compiled with
|
|
.Sy LIBWRAP
|
|
support, tcp-wrappers access controls may be defined here as described in
|
|
.Xr hosts_access 5 .
|
|
.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
|
|
This file contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
|
|
line. The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
|
|
without password. The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
|
|
The file must
|
|
be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
|
|
accessible by others.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If is also possible to use netgroups in the file. Either host or user
|
|
name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users
|
|
in the group.
|
|
.It Pa $HOME/.shosts
|
|
For ssh,
|
|
this file is exactly the same as for
|
|
.Pa .rhosts .
|
|
However, this file is
|
|
not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only.
|
|
.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
|
|
This file is used during
|
|
.Pa .rhosts
|
|
authentication. In the
|
|
simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line. Users on
|
|
those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
|
|
have the same user name on both machines. The host name may also be
|
|
followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
|
|
.Em any
|
|
user on this machine (except root). Additionally, the syntax
|
|
.Dq +@group
|
|
can be used to specify netgroups. Negated entries start with
|
|
.Ql \&- .
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
|
|
automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
|
|
same. Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally
|
|
required. This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
|
|
that it be world-readable.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
|
|
.Pa hosts.equiv .
|
|
Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
|
|
.Em anybody ,
|
|
which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
|
|
binaries and directories. Using a user name practically grants the
|
|
user root access. The only valid use for user names that I can think
|
|
of is in negative entries.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
|
|
.It Pa /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv
|
|
This is processed exactly as
|
|
.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
|
|
However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both
|
|
rsh/rlogin and ssh.
|
|
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
|
|
This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists). It
|
|
can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
|
|
.Ql # ) ,
|
|
and assignment lines of the form name=value. The file should be writable
|
|
only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
|
|
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
|
|
If this file exists, it is run with /bin/sh after reading the
|
|
environment files but before starting the user's shell or command. If
|
|
X11 spoofing is in use, this will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
|
|
standard input (and
|
|
.Ev DISPLAY
|
|
in environment). This must call
|
|
.Xr xauth 1
|
|
in that case.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
|
|
which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
|
|
accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
|
|
something similar to: "if read proto cookie; then echo add $DISPLAY
|
|
$proto $cookie | xauth -q -; fi".
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If this file does not exist,
|
|
.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
|
|
is run, and if that
|
|
does not exist either, xauth is used to store the cookie.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
|
|
readable by anyone else.
|
|
.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
|
|
Like
|
|
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
|
|
This can be used to specify
|
|
machine-specific login-time initializations globally. This file
|
|
should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
|
|
.Sh AUTHOR
|
|
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Information about new releases, mailing lists, and other related
|
|
issues can be found from the SSH WWW home page:
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.Dl http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
OpenSSH
|
|
is a derivative of the original (free) ssh 1.2.12 release, but with bugs
|
|
removed and newer features re-added. Rapidly after the 1.2.12 release,
|
|
newer versions bore successively more restrictive licenses. This version
|
|
of OpenSSH
|
|
.Bl -bullet
|
|
.It
|
|
has all components of a restrictive nature (ie. patents, see
|
|
.Xr ssl 8 )
|
|
directly removed from the source code; any licensed or patented components
|
|
are chosen from
|
|
external libraries.
|
|
.It
|
|
has been updated to support ssh protocol 1.5.
|
|
.It
|
|
contains added support for
|
|
.Xr kerberos 8
|
|
authentication and ticket passing.
|
|
.It
|
|
supports one-time password authentication with
|
|
.Xr skey 1 .
|
|
.El
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The libraries described in
|
|
.Xr ssl 8
|
|
are required for proper operation.
|
|
.Sh SEE ALSO
|
|
.Xr rlogin 1 ,
|
|
.Xr rsh 1 ,
|
|
.Xr scp 1 ,
|
|
.Xr ssh 1 ,
|
|
.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
|
|
.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
|
|
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
|
|
.Xr ssl 8
|