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.Nm ssh-keysign

.Nd ssh helper program for hostbased authentication

.Sh SYNOPSIS

.Nm ssh-keysign

.Nm

.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm

is used by

.Xr ssh 1

to access the local host keys during hostbased authentication with

to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature

SSH protocol version 2.

required during hostbased authentication with SSH protocol version 2.

Since the host keys are readable only by root

.Nm

must be setuid root.

.Nm

is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from

.Xr ssh 1 .

See

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and

.Xr sshd 8

for more information about hostbased authentication.

.Sh FILES

.Bl -tag -width Ds

.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to

generate the digital signature. They

should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not

accessible to others.

Since they are readable only by root,

.Nm

must be set-uid root if hostbased authentication is used.

.El

.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr ssh 1 ,

.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,

.Xr sshd 8

.Sh AUTHORS