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.Xr sshd 8 .

.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity, ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Contains the authentication identity of the user.

Contains the private key for authentication.

They are for protocol 1 RSA, protocol 2 DSA, and protocol 2 RSA, respectively.

These files

contain sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not

accessible by others (read/write/execute).

Note that

.Nm

ignores a private key file if it is accessible by others.

will simply ignore a private key file if it is accessible by others.

It is possible to specify a passphrase when

generating the key; the passphrase will be used to encrypt the

generating the key which will be used to encrypt the

sensitive part of this file using 3DES.

.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub, ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub, ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Contains the public key for authentication (public part of the

Contains the public key for authentication.

identity file in human-readable form).

The contents of the

.Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub

file should be added to the file

.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

on all machines

where the user wishes to log in using protocol version 1 RSA authentication.

The contents of the

.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub

and

.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

file should be added to

.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

on all machines

where the user wishes to log in using protocol version 2 DSA/RSA authentication.

These files are not

sensitive and can (but need not) be readable by anyone.

These files are

They are

never used automatically and are not necessary; they are only provided for

never used automatically and are not necessary: they are only provided for

the convenience of the user.

.It Pa ~/.ssh/config

This is the per-user configuration file.