Annotation of src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1, Revision 1.75
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1.75 ! djm 37: .\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.74 2000/12/27 12:30:20 markus Exp $
1.2 deraadt 38: .Dd September 25, 1999
39: .Dt SSH 1
40: .Os
41: .Sh NAME
42: .Nm ssh
1.20 provos 43: .Nd OpenSSH secure shell client (remote login program)
1.2 deraadt 44: .Sh SYNOPSIS
45: .Nm ssh
46: .Op Fl l Ar login_name
1.5 deraadt 47: .Op Ar hostname | user@hostname
1.2 deraadt 48: .Op Ar command
49: .Pp
50: .Nm ssh
1.54 markus 51: .Op Fl afgknqtvxACNPTX246
1.51 markus 52: .Op Fl c Ar cipher_spec
1.2 deraadt 53: .Op Fl e Ar escape_char
54: .Op Fl i Ar identity_file
55: .Op Fl l Ar login_name
56: .Op Fl o Ar option
57: .Op Fl p Ar port
1.12 aaron 58: .Oo Fl L Xo
59: .Sm off
1.33 markus 60: .Ar port :
1.12 aaron 61: .Ar host :
62: .Ar hostport
63: .Sm on
64: .Xc
65: .Oc
66: .Oo Fl R Xo
67: .Sm off
1.33 markus 68: .Ar port :
1.12 aaron 69: .Ar host :
70: .Ar hostport
71: .Sm on
72: .Xc
73: .Oc
1.5 deraadt 74: .Op Ar hostname | user@hostname
1.2 deraadt 75: .Op Ar command
1.44 aaron 76: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.2 deraadt 77: .Nm
1.5 deraadt 78: (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for
1.40 aaron 79: executing commands on a remote machine.
80: It is intended to replace
1.1 deraadt 81: rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between
1.40 aaron 82: two untrusted hosts over an insecure network.
83: X11 connections and
1.1 deraadt 84: arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
1.2 deraadt 85: .Pp
86: .Nm
1.44 aaron 87: connects and logs into the specified
1.2 deraadt 88: .Ar hostname .
1.1 deraadt 89: The user must prove
1.49 markus 90: his/her identity to the remote machine using one of several methods
91: depending on the protocol version used:
92: .Pp
93: .Ss SSH protocol version 1
1.2 deraadt 94: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 95: First, if the machine the user logs in from is listed in
1.2 deraadt 96: .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
1.1 deraadt 97: or
1.2 deraadt 98: .Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
1.1 deraadt 99: on the remote machine, and the user names are
100: the same on both sides, the user is immediately permitted to log in.
1.44 aaron 101: Second, if
1.2 deraadt 102: .Pa \&.rhosts
1.1 deraadt 103: or
1.2 deraadt 104: .Pa \&.shosts
1.1 deraadt 105: exists in the user's home directory on the
106: remote machine and contains a line containing the name of the client
107: machine and the name of the user on that machine, the user is
1.40 aaron 108: permitted to log in.
109: This form of authentication alone is normally not
1.1 deraadt 110: allowed by the server because it is not secure.
1.2 deraadt 111: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 112: The second (and primary) authentication method is the
1.2 deraadt 113: .Pa rhosts
1.1 deraadt 114: or
1.2 deraadt 115: .Pa hosts.equiv
1.40 aaron 116: method combined with RSA-based host authentication.
117: It means that if the login would be permitted by
1.49 markus 118: .Pa $HOME/.rhosts ,
119: .Pa $HOME/.shosts ,
1.2 deraadt 120: .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv ,
1.1 deraadt 121: or
1.2 deraadt 122: .Pa /etc/shosts.equiv ,
1.11 deraadt 123: and if additionally the server can verify the client's
1.44 aaron 124: host key (see
1.2 deraadt 125: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
1.23 markus 126: and
127: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
1.1 deraadt 128: in the
1.2 deraadt 129: .Sx FILES
1.40 aaron 130: section), only then login is permitted.
131: This authentication method closes security holes due to IP
132: spoofing, DNS spoofing and routing spoofing.
133: [Note to the administrator:
1.2 deraadt 134: .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv ,
1.49 markus 135: .Pa $HOME/.rhosts ,
1.1 deraadt 136: and the rlogin/rsh protocol in general, are inherently insecure and should be
137: disabled if security is desired.]
1.2 deraadt 138: .Pp
1.44 aaron 139: As a third authentication method,
1.2 deraadt 140: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 141: supports RSA based authentication.
142: The scheme is based on public-key cryptography: there are cryptosystems
143: where encryption and decryption are done using separate keys, and it
144: is not possible to derive the decryption key from the encryption key.
1.40 aaron 145: RSA is one such system.
1.44 aaron 146: The idea is that each user creates a public/private
1.40 aaron 147: key pair for authentication purposes.
148: The server knows the public key, and only the user knows the private key.
1.44 aaron 149: The file
1.2 deraadt 150: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
1.1 deraadt 151: lists the public keys that are permitted for logging
1.40 aaron 152: in.
153: When the user logs in, the
1.2 deraadt 154: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 155: program tells the server which key pair it would like to use for
1.40 aaron 156: authentication.
157: The server checks if this key is permitted, and if
1.1 deraadt 158: so, sends the user (actually the
1.2 deraadt 159: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 160: program running on behalf of the user) a challenge, a random number,
1.40 aaron 161: encrypted by the user's public key.
162: The challenge can only be
163: decrypted using the proper private key.
164: The user's client then decrypts the
1.1 deraadt 165: challenge using the private key, proving that he/she knows the private
166: key but without disclosing it to the server.
1.2 deraadt 167: .Pp
168: .Nm
1.40 aaron 169: implements the RSA authentication protocol automatically.
170: The user creates his/her RSA key pair by running
1.2 deraadt 171: .Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
1.44 aaron 172: This stores the private key in
1.49 markus 173: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
1.1 deraadt 174: and the public key in
1.49 markus 175: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub
1.40 aaron 176: in the user's home directory.
177: The user should then copy the
1.2 deraadt 178: .Pa identity.pub
1.44 aaron 179: to
1.49 markus 180: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
1.44 aaron 181: in his/her home directory on the remote machine (the
1.2 deraadt 182: .Pa authorized_keys
1.44 aaron 183: file corresponds to the conventional
1.49 markus 184: .Pa $HOME/.rhosts
1.1 deraadt 185: file, and has one key
1.40 aaron 186: per line, though the lines can be very long).
187: After this, the user can log in without giving the password.
188: RSA authentication is much
1.1 deraadt 189: more secure than rhosts authentication.
1.2 deraadt 190: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 191: The most convenient way to use RSA authentication may be with an
1.40 aaron 192: authentication agent.
193: See
1.2 deraadt 194: .Xr ssh-agent 1
1.1 deraadt 195: for more information.
1.2 deraadt 196: .Pp
1.44 aaron 197: If other authentication methods fail,
1.2 deraadt 198: .Nm
1.40 aaron 199: prompts the user for a password.
200: The password is sent to the remote
1.1 deraadt 201: host for checking; however, since all communications are encrypted,
202: the password cannot be seen by someone listening on the network.
1.2 deraadt 203: .Pp
1.49 markus 204: .Ss SSH protocol version 2
205: .Pp
206: When a user connects using the protocol version 2
207: different authentication methods are available:
208: At first, the client attempts to authenticate using the public key method.
209: If this method fails password authentication is tried.
210: .Pp
211: The public key method is similar to RSA authentication described
1.68 markus 212: in the previous section except that the DSA or RSA algorithm is used
213: instead.
214: The client uses his private key
1.49 markus 215: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
216: to sign the session identifier and sends the result to the server.
217: The server checks whether the matching public key is listed in
218: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2
219: and grants access if both the key is found and the signature is correct.
220: The session identifier is derived from a shared Diffie-Hellman value
221: and is only known to the client and the server.
222: .Pp
223: If public key authentication fails or is not available a password
224: can be sent encrypted to the remote host for proving the user's identity.
225: This protocol 2 implementation does not yet support Kerberos or
226: S/Key authentication.
227: .Pp
228: Protocol 2 provides additional mechanisms for confidentiality
1.51 markus 229: (the traffic is encrypted using 3DES, Blowfish, CAST128 or Arcfour)
1.49 markus 230: and integrity (hmac-sha1, hmac-md5).
231: Note that protocol 1 lacks a strong mechanism for ensuring the
232: integrity of the connection.
233: .Pp
234: .Ss Login session and remote execution
235: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 236: When the user's identity has been accepted by the server, the server
237: either executes the given command, or logs into the machine and gives
1.40 aaron 238: the user a normal shell on the remote machine.
239: All communication with
1.1 deraadt 240: the remote command or shell will be automatically encrypted.
1.2 deraadt 241: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 242: If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the
1.2 deraadt 243: user can disconnect with
244: .Ic ~. ,
245: and suspend
246: .Nm
247: with
248: .Ic ~^Z .
249: All forwarded connections can be listed with
1.44 aaron 250: .Ic ~#
1.2 deraadt 251: and if
1.1 deraadt 252: the session blocks waiting for forwarded X11 or TCP/IP
1.2 deraadt 253: connections to terminate, it can be backgrounded with
254: .Ic ~&
255: (this should not be used while the user shell is active, as it can cause the
1.40 aaron 256: shell to hang).
257: All available escapes can be listed with
1.2 deraadt 258: .Ic ~? .
259: .Pp
260: A single tilde character can be sent as
261: .Ic ~~
262: (or by following the tilde by a character other than those described above).
1.1 deraadt 263: The escape character must always follow a newline to be interpreted as
1.40 aaron 264: special.
265: The escape character can be changed in configuration files
266: or on the command line.
1.2 deraadt 267: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 268: If no pseudo tty has been allocated, the
269: session is transparent and can be used to reliably transfer binary
1.40 aaron 270: data.
271: On most systems, setting the escape character to
1.2 deraadt 272: .Dq none
273: will also make the session transparent even if a tty is used.
274: .Pp
1.71 djm 275: The session terminates when the command or shell on the remote
1.1 deraadt 276: machine exists and all X11 and TCP/IP connections have been closed.
277: The exit status of the remote program is returned as the exit status
278: of
1.2 deraadt 279: .Nm ssh .
280: .Pp
1.49 markus 281: .Ss X11 and TCP forwarding
282: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 283: If the user is using X11 (the
1.2 deraadt 284: .Ev DISPLAY
1.1 deraadt 285: environment variable is set), the connection to the X11 display is
286: automatically forwarded to the remote side in such a way that any X11
287: programs started from the shell (or command) will go through the
288: encrypted channel, and the connection to the real X server will be made
1.40 aaron 289: from the local machine.
290: The user should not manually set
1.2 deraadt 291: .Ev DISPLAY .
1.1 deraadt 292: Forwarding of X11 connections can be
293: configured on the command line or in configuration files.
1.2 deraadt 294: .Pp
295: The
1.44 aaron 296: .Ev DISPLAY
1.2 deraadt 297: value set by
298: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 299: will point to the server machine, but with a display number greater
1.40 aaron 300: than zero.
301: This is normal, and happens because
1.2 deraadt 302: .Nm
303: creates a
304: .Dq proxy
305: X server on the server machine for forwarding the
1.1 deraadt 306: connections over the encrypted channel.
1.2 deraadt 307: .Pp
308: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 309: will also automatically set up Xauthority data on the server machine.
310: For this purpose, it will generate a random authorization cookie,
311: store it in Xauthority on the server, and verify that any forwarded
312: connections carry this cookie and replace it by the real cookie when
1.40 aaron 313: the connection is opened.
314: The real authentication cookie is never
1.1 deraadt 315: sent to the server machine (and no cookies are sent in the plain).
1.2 deraadt 316: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 317: If the user is using an authentication agent, the connection to the agent
318: is automatically forwarded to the remote side unless disabled on
319: command line or in a configuration file.
1.2 deraadt 320: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 321: Forwarding of arbitrary TCP/IP connections over the secure channel can
1.40 aaron 322: be specified either on command line or in a configuration file.
323: One possible application of TCP/IP forwarding is a secure connection to an
1.1 deraadt 324: electronic purse; another is going trough firewalls.
1.2 deraadt 325: .Pp
1.49 markus 326: .Ss Server authentication
327: .Pp
1.2 deraadt 328: .Nm
1.49 markus 329: automatically maintains and checks a database containing
1.40 aaron 330: identifications for all hosts it has ever been used with.
1.49 markus 331: RSA host keys are stored in
332: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
333: and
1.68 markus 334: host keys used in the protocol version 2 are stored in
1.49 markus 335: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2
1.40 aaron 336: in the user's home directory.
1.49 markus 337: Additionally, the files
1.2 deraadt 338: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
1.49 markus 339: and
340: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
341: are automatically checked for known hosts.
1.40 aaron 342: Any new hosts are automatically added to the user's file.
343: If a host's identification
1.1 deraadt 344: ever changes,
1.2 deraadt 345: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 346: warns about this and disables password authentication to prevent a
1.40 aaron 347: trojan horse from getting the user's password.
348: Another purpose of
1.1 deraadt 349: this mechanism is to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks which could
1.40 aaron 350: otherwise be used to circumvent the encryption.
351: The
1.2 deraadt 352: .Cm StrictHostKeyChecking
1.1 deraadt 353: option (see below) can be used to prevent logins to machines whose
354: host key is not known or has changed.
1.65 aaron 355: .Pp
356: The options are as follows:
1.2 deraadt 357: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.4 dugsong 358: .It Fl a
1.42 aaron 359: Disables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
1.54 markus 360: .It Fl A
361: Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
362: This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.
1.6 deraadt 363: .It Fl c Ar blowfish|3des
1.44 aaron 364: Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the session.
1.2 deraadt 365: .Ar 3des
1.40 aaron 366: is used by default.
1.44 aaron 367: It is believed to be secure.
1.5 deraadt 368: .Ar 3des
369: (triple-des) is an encrypt-decrypt-encrypt triple with three different keys.
370: It is presumably more secure than the
1.2 deraadt 371: .Ar des
1.64 markus 372: cipher which is no longer fully supported in
1.51 markus 373: .Nm ssh .
1.5 deraadt 374: .Ar blowfish
375: is a fast block cipher, it appears very secure and is much faster than
1.40 aaron 376: .Ar 3des .
1.51 markus 377: .It Fl c Ar "3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,arcfour,cast128-cbc"
378: Additionally, for protocol version 2 a comma-separated list of ciphers can
1.61 aaron 379: be specified in order of preference.
380: Protocol version 2 supports 3DES, Blowfish, and CAST128 in CBC mode
381: and Arcfour.
1.2 deraadt 382: .It Fl e Ar ch|^ch|none
383: Sets the escape character for sessions with a pty (default:
384: .Ql ~ ) .
1.40 aaron 385: The escape character is only recognized at the beginning of a line.
386: The escape character followed by a dot
1.2 deraadt 387: .Pq Ql \&.
388: closes the connection, followed
1.1 deraadt 389: by control-Z suspends the connection, and followed by itself sends the
1.40 aaron 390: escape character once.
391: Setting the character to
1.2 deraadt 392: .Dq none
393: disables any escapes and makes the session fully transparent.
394: .It Fl f
395: Requests
396: .Nm
1.40 aaron 397: to go to background just before command execution.
398: This is useful if
1.2 deraadt 399: .Nm
400: is going to ask for passwords or passphrases, but the user
1.40 aaron 401: wants it in the background.
1.44 aaron 402: This implies
1.2 deraadt 403: .Fl n .
1.1 deraadt 404: The recommended way to start X11 programs at a remote site is with
1.2 deraadt 405: something like
406: .Ic ssh -f host xterm .
1.34 markus 407: .It Fl g
408: Allows remote hosts to connect to local forwarded ports.
1.2 deraadt 409: .It Fl i Ar identity_file
1.44 aaron 410: Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for
1.68 markus 411: RSA or DSA authentication is read.
1.44 aaron 412: Default is
1.49 markus 413: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
1.40 aaron 414: in the user's home directory.
415: Identity files may also be specified on
416: a per-host basis in the configuration file.
417: It is possible to have multiple
1.2 deraadt 418: .Fl i
419: options (and multiple identities specified in
1.1 deraadt 420: configuration files).
1.2 deraadt 421: .It Fl k
1.42 aaron 422: Disables forwarding of Kerberos tickets and AFS tokens.
423: This may also be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file.
1.2 deraadt 424: .It Fl l Ar login_name
1.40 aaron 425: Specifies the user to log in as on the remote machine.
426: This also may be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file.
1.2 deraadt 427: .It Fl n
428: Redirects stdin from
429: .Pa /dev/null
430: (actually, prevents reading from stdin).
1.1 deraadt 431: This must be used when
1.2 deraadt 432: .Nm
1.40 aaron 433: is run in the background.
434: A common trick is to use this to run X11 programs on a remote machine.
435: For example,
1.2 deraadt 436: .Ic ssh -n shadows.cs.hut.fi emacs &
437: will start an emacs on shadows.cs.hut.fi, and the X11
1.1 deraadt 438: connection will be automatically forwarded over an encrypted channel.
439: The
1.2 deraadt 440: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 441: program will be put in the background.
442: (This does not work if
1.2 deraadt 443: .Nm
444: needs to ask for a password or passphrase; see also the
445: .Fl f
446: option.)
1.53 markus 447: .It Fl N
448: Do not execute a remote command.
1.70 markus 449: This is useful if you just want to forward ports
1.53 markus 450: (protocol version 2 only).
1.2 deraadt 451: .It Fl o Ar option
1.1 deraadt 452: Can be used to give options in the format used in the config file.
453: This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
1.40 aaron 454: command-line flag.
455: The option has the same format as a line in the configuration file.
1.2 deraadt 456: .It Fl p Ar port
1.40 aaron 457: Port to connect to on the remote host.
458: This can be specified on a
1.1 deraadt 459: per-host basis in the configuration file.
1.16 markus 460: .It Fl P
461: Use a non-privileged port for outgoing connections.
462: This can be used if your firewall does
463: not permit connections from privileged ports.
1.30 provos 464: Note that this option turns off
1.16 markus 465: .Cm RhostsAuthentication
466: and
1.72 markus 467: .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
468: for older servers.
1.2 deraadt 469: .It Fl q
1.40 aaron 470: Quiet mode.
471: Causes all warning and diagnostic messages to be suppressed.
472: Only fatal errors are displayed.
1.2 deraadt 473: .It Fl t
1.40 aaron 474: Force pseudo-tty allocation.
1.43 brad 475: This can be used to execute arbitrary
1.40 aaron 476: screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be very useful,
477: e.g., when implementing menu services.
1.73 markus 478: Multiple
479: .Fl t
480: options force tty allocation, even if
481: .Nm
482: has no local tty.
1.53 markus 483: .It Fl T
1.69 markus 484: Disable pseudo-tty allocation.
1.2 deraadt 485: .It Fl v
1.40 aaron 486: Verbose mode.
487: Causes
1.2 deraadt 488: .Nm
1.40 aaron 489: to print debugging messages about its progress.
490: This is helpful in
1.1 deraadt 491: debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.
1.73 markus 492: Multiple
493: .Fl v
494: options increases the verbosity.
1.61 aaron 495: Maximum is 3.
1.2 deraadt 496: .It Fl x
1.40 aaron 497: Disables X11 forwarding.
1.2 deraadt 498: .It Fl X
1.1 deraadt 499: Enables X11 forwarding.
1.54 markus 500: This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.
1.2 deraadt 501: .It Fl C
1.1 deraadt 502: Requests compression of all data (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and
1.40 aaron 503: data for forwarded X11 and TCP/IP connections).
504: The compression algorithm is the same used by
1.34 markus 505: .Xr gzip 1 ,
506: and the
1.2 deraadt 507: .Dq level
508: can be controlled by the
509: .Cm CompressionLevel
1.40 aaron 510: option (see below).
511: Compression is desirable on modem lines and other
1.1 deraadt 512: slow connections, but will only slow down things on fast networks.
513: The default value can be set on a host-by-host basis in the
514: configuration files; see the
1.2 deraadt 515: .Cm Compress
1.1 deraadt 516: option below.
1.2 deraadt 517: .It Fl L Ar port:host:hostport
1.1 deraadt 518: Specifies that the given port on the local (client) host is to be
1.40 aaron 519: forwarded to the given host and port on the remote side.
520: This works by allocating a socket to listen to
1.2 deraadt 521: .Ar port
1.1 deraadt 522: on the local side, and whenever a connection is made to this port, the
523: connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is
524: made to
1.32 markus 525: .Ar host
526: port
527: .Ar hostport
1.40 aaron 528: from the remote machine.
529: Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file.
530: Only root can forward privileged ports.
1.32 markus 531: IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
532: .Ar port/host/hostport
1.2 deraadt 533: .It Fl R Ar port:host:hostport
1.1 deraadt 534: Specifies that the given port on the remote (server) host is to be
1.40 aaron 535: forwarded to the given host and port on the local side.
536: This works by allocating a socket to listen to
1.2 deraadt 537: .Ar port
1.1 deraadt 538: on the remote side, and whenever a connection is made to this port, the
539: connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is
540: made to
1.32 markus 541: .Ar host
542: port
543: .Ar hostport
1.40 aaron 544: from the local machine.
545: Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file.
546: Privileged ports can be forwarded only when
1.1 deraadt 547: logging in as root on the remote machine.
1.46 markus 548: .It Fl 2
549: Forces
550: .Nm
1.50 markus 551: to try protocol version 2 only.
1.32 markus 552: .It Fl 4
553: Forces
554: .Nm
555: to use IPv4 addresses only.
556: .It Fl 6
557: Forces
558: .Nm
559: to use IPv6 addresses only.
1.2 deraadt 560: .El
1.66 aaron 561: .Pp
562: If
563: .Nm
564: is not invoked with one of the standard program names
565: .Pf ( Dq ssh ,
566: .Dq slogin ,
567: .Dq rsh ,
568: .Dq rlogin ,
569: or
570: .Dq remsh ) ,
571: it uses this name as its
572: .Ar hostname
573: argument.
574: This is consistent with traditional
575: .Xr rsh 1
576: behavior.
1.2 deraadt 577: .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES
578: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 579: obtains configuration data from the following sources (in this order):
580: command line options, user's configuration file
1.2 deraadt 581: .Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config ,
582: and system-wide configuration file
583: .Pq Pa /etc/ssh_config .
584: For each parameter, the first obtained value
1.40 aaron 585: will be used.
586: The configuration files contain sections bracketed by
587: .Dq Host
588: specifications, and that section is only applied for hosts that
589: match one of the patterns given in the specification.
590: The matched host name is the one given on the command line.
1.2 deraadt 591: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 592: Since the first obtained value for each parameter is used, more
593: host-specific declarations should be given near the beginning of the
594: file, and general defaults at the end.
1.2 deraadt 595: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 596: The configuration file has the following format:
1.2 deraadt 597: .Pp
598: Empty lines and lines starting with
599: .Ql #
600: are comments.
601: .Pp
602: Otherwise a line is of the format
603: .Dq keyword arguments .
604: The possible
1.1 deraadt 605: keywords and their meanings are as follows (note that the
606: configuration files are case-sensitive):
1.2 deraadt 607: .Bl -tag -width Ds
608: .It Cm Host
1.1 deraadt 609: Restricts the following declarations (up to the next
1.2 deraadt 610: .Cm Host
1.1 deraadt 611: keyword) to be only for those hosts that match one of the patterns
1.2 deraadt 612: given after the keyword.
613: .Ql \&*
614: and
615: .Ql ?
616: can be used as wildcards in the
1.40 aaron 617: patterns.
618: A single
1.2 deraadt 619: .Ql \&*
620: as a pattern can be used to provide global
1.40 aaron 621: defaults for all hosts.
622: The host is the
1.2 deraadt 623: .Ar hostname
1.1 deraadt 624: argument given on the command line (i.e., the name is not converted to
625: a canonicalized host name before matching).
1.2 deraadt 626: .It Cm AFSTokenPassing
1.42 aaron 627: Specifies whether to pass AFS tokens to remote host.
628: The argument to this keyword must be
1.2 deraadt 629: .Dq yes
630: or
631: .Dq no .
632: .It Cm BatchMode
633: If set to
634: .Dq yes ,
1.40 aaron 635: passphrase/password querying will be disabled.
636: This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where you have no
637: user to supply the password.
638: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 639: .Dq yes
640: or
641: .Dq no .
1.34 markus 642: .It Cm CheckHostIP
643: If this flag is set to
644: .Dq yes ,
645: ssh will additionally check the host ip address in the
646: .Pa known_hosts
1.42 aaron 647: file.
648: This allows ssh to detect if a host key changed due to DNS spoofing.
1.34 markus 649: If the option is set to
650: .Dq no ,
651: the check will not be executed.
1.2 deraadt 652: .It Cm Cipher
1.62 markus 653: Specifies the cipher to use for encrypting the session
1.64 markus 654: in protocol version 1.
1.40 aaron 655: Currently,
1.64 markus 656: .Dq blowfish
1.1 deraadt 657: and
1.10 provos 658: .Dq 3des
1.40 aaron 659: are supported.
660: The default is
1.2 deraadt 661: .Dq 3des .
1.45 markus 662: .It Cm Ciphers
663: Specifies the ciphers allowed for protocol version 2
664: in order of preference.
665: Multiple ciphers must be comma-separated.
666: The default is
1.75 ! djm 667: .Dq 3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,aes128-cbc .
1.2 deraadt 668: .It Cm Compression
1.40 aaron 669: Specifies whether to use compression.
670: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 671: .Dq yes
672: or
673: .Dq no .
674: .It Cm CompressionLevel
1.40 aaron 675: Specifies the compression level to use if compression is enable.
676: The argument must be an integer from 1 (fast) to 9 (slow, best).
677: The default level is 6, which is good for most applications.
678: The meaning of the values is the same as in
1.34 markus 679: .Xr gzip 1 .
1.2 deraadt 680: .It Cm ConnectionAttempts
1.1 deraadt 681: Specifies the number of tries (one per second) to make before falling
1.40 aaron 682: back to rsh or exiting.
683: The argument must be an integer.
684: This may be useful in scripts if the connection sometimes fails.
1.68 markus 685: .It Cm PubkeyAuthentication
686: Specifies whether to try public key authentication.
1.50 markus 687: The argument to this keyword must be
688: .Dq yes
689: or
690: .Dq no .
691: Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only.
1.2 deraadt 692: .It Cm EscapeChar
693: Sets the escape character (default:
694: .Ql ~ ) .
695: The escape character can also
1.40 aaron 696: be set on the command line.
697: The argument should be a single character,
1.2 deraadt 698: .Ql ^
699: followed by a letter, or
700: .Dq none
701: to disable the escape
1.1 deraadt 702: character entirely (making the connection transparent for binary
703: data).
1.44 aaron 704: .It Cm FallBackToRsh
1.1 deraadt 705: Specifies that if connecting via
1.2 deraadt 706: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 707: fails due to a connection refused error (there is no
1.2 deraadt 708: .Xr sshd 8
1.44 aaron 709: listening on the remote host),
1.2 deraadt 710: .Xr rsh 1
1.1 deraadt 711: should automatically be used instead (after a suitable warning about
1.40 aaron 712: the session being unencrypted).
713: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 714: .Dq yes
715: or
716: .Dq no .
717: .It Cm ForwardAgent
1.1 deraadt 718: Specifies whether the connection to the authentication agent (if any)
1.40 aaron 719: will be forwarded to the remote machine.
720: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 721: .Dq yes
722: or
1.54 markus 723: .Dq no .
724: The default is
1.2 deraadt 725: .Dq no .
726: .It Cm ForwardX11
1.1 deraadt 727: Specifies whether X11 connections will be automatically redirected
1.44 aaron 728: over the secure channel and
1.2 deraadt 729: .Ev DISPLAY
1.40 aaron 730: set.
1.44 aaron 731: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 732: .Dq yes
733: or
1.38 markus 734: .Dq no .
735: The default is
1.3 deraadt 736: .Dq no .
737: .It Cm GatewayPorts
738: Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to local
739: forwarded ports.
740: The argument must be
741: .Dq yes
742: or
743: .Dq no .
744: The default is
1.2 deraadt 745: .Dq no .
746: .It Cm GlobalKnownHostsFile
1.44 aaron 747: Specifies a file to use instead of
1.2 deraadt 748: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts .
1.74 markus 749: .It Cm HostKeyAlias
750: Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the
751: real host name when looking up or saving the host key
752: the kown_hosts files.
753: This option is useful for tunneling ssh connection
754: or if you have multiple servers running on a single host.
1.2 deraadt 755: .It Cm HostName
1.40 aaron 756: Specifies the real host name to log into.
757: This can be used to specify nicknames or abbreviations for hosts.
758: Default is the name given on the command line.
759: Numeric IP addresses are also permitted (both on the command line and in
1.2 deraadt 760: .Cm HostName
1.1 deraadt 761: specifications).
1.2 deraadt 762: .It Cm IdentityFile
1.1 deraadt 763: Specifies the file from which the user's RSA authentication identity
1.2 deraadt 764: is read (default
1.49 markus 765: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
1.2 deraadt 766: in the user's home directory).
1.1 deraadt 767: Additionally, any identities represented by the authentication agent
1.40 aaron 768: will be used for authentication.
769: The file name may use the tilde
770: syntax to refer to a user's home directory.
771: It is possible to have
1.1 deraadt 772: multiple identity files specified in configuration files; all these
773: identities will be tried in sequence.
1.2 deraadt 774: .It Cm KeepAlive
1.1 deraadt 775: Specifies whether the system should send keepalive messages to the
1.40 aaron 776: other side.
777: If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one
778: of the machines will be properly noticed.
779: However, this means that
1.1 deraadt 780: connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people
1.41 aaron 781: find it annoying.
1.2 deraadt 782: .Pp
783: The default is
784: .Dq yes
785: (to send keepalives), and the client will notice
1.40 aaron 786: if the network goes down or the remote host dies.
787: This is important in scripts, and many users want it too.
1.2 deraadt 788: .Pp
789: To disable keepalives, the value should be set to
790: .Dq no
791: in both the server and the client configuration files.
792: .It Cm KerberosAuthentication
1.42 aaron 793: Specifies whether Kerberos authentication will be used.
794: The argument to this keyword must be
1.4 dugsong 795: .Dq yes
796: or
797: .Dq no .
1.2 deraadt 798: .It Cm KerberosTgtPassing
1.42 aaron 799: Specifies whether a Kerberos TGT will be forwarded to the server.
800: This will only work if the Kerberos server is actually an AFS kaserver.
801: The argument to this keyword must be
1.4 dugsong 802: .Dq yes
803: or
804: .Dq no .
1.2 deraadt 805: .It Cm LocalForward
1.1 deraadt 806: Specifies that a TCP/IP port on the local machine be forwarded over
1.40 aaron 807: the secure channel to given host:port from the remote machine.
808: The first argument must be a port number, and the second must be
809: host:port.
810: Multiple forwardings may be specified, and additional
811: forwardings can be given on the command line.
812: Only the superuser can forward privileged ports.
1.24 markus 813: .It Cm LogLevel
814: Gives the verbosity level that is used when logging messages from
815: .Nm ssh .
816: The possible values are:
1.39 djm 817: QUIET, FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE and DEBUG.
1.24 markus 818: The default is INFO.
1.14 dugsong 819: .It Cm NumberOfPasswordPrompts
1.42 aaron 820: Specifies the number of password prompts before giving up.
821: The argument to this keyword must be an integer.
822: Default is 3.
1.34 markus 823: .It Cm PasswordAuthentication
1.40 aaron 824: Specifies whether to use password authentication.
825: The argument to this keyword must be
1.34 markus 826: .Dq yes
827: or
828: .Dq no .
1.50 markus 829: Note that this option applies to both protocol version 1 and 2.
1.2 deraadt 830: .It Cm Port
1.40 aaron 831: Specifies the port number to connect on the remote host.
832: Default is 22.
1.45 markus 833: .It Cm Protocol
834: Specifies the protocol versions
835: .Nm
836: should support in order of preference.
837: The possible values are
838: .Dq 1
839: and
840: .Dq 2 .
841: Multiple versions must be comma-separated.
842: The default is
1.49 markus 843: .Dq 1,2 .
844: This means that
845: .Nm
846: tries version 1 and falls back to version 2
1.52 hugh 847: if version 1 is not available.
1.2 deraadt 848: .It Cm ProxyCommand
1.40 aaron 849: Specifies the command to use to connect to the server.
850: The command
851: string extends to the end of the line, and is executed with
852: .Pa /bin/sh .
853: In the command string,
854: .Ql %h
855: will be substituted by the host name to
856: connect and
857: .Ql %p
858: by the port.
859: The command can be basically anything,
860: and should read from its standard input and write to its standard output.
861: It should eventually connect an
1.2 deraadt 862: .Xr sshd 8
1.1 deraadt 863: server running on some machine, or execute
1.2 deraadt 864: .Ic sshd -i
1.40 aaron 865: somewhere.
866: Host key management will be done using the
1.1 deraadt 867: HostName of the host being connected (defaulting to the name typed by
868: the user).
1.29 markus 869: Note that
870: .Cm CheckHostIP
871: is not available for connects with a proxy command.
1.2 deraadt 872: .Pp
873: .It Cm RemoteForward
1.1 deraadt 874: Specifies that a TCP/IP port on the remote machine be forwarded over
1.40 aaron 875: the secure channel to given host:port from the local machine.
876: The first argument must be a port number, and the second must be
877: host:port.
878: Multiple forwardings may be specified, and additional
879: forwardings can be given on the command line.
880: Only the superuser can forward privileged ports.
1.2 deraadt 881: .It Cm RhostsAuthentication
1.40 aaron 882: Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication.
883: Note that this
1.1 deraadt 884: declaration only affects the client side and has no effect whatsoever
1.40 aaron 885: on security.
886: Disabling rhosts authentication may reduce
1.1 deraadt 887: authentication time on slow connections when rhosts authentication is
1.40 aaron 888: not used.
889: Most servers do not permit RhostsAuthentication because it
890: is not secure (see RhostsRSAAuthentication).
891: The argument to this keyword must be
1.2 deraadt 892: .Dq yes
893: or
894: .Dq no .
895: .It Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
1.1 deraadt 896: Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with RSA host
1.40 aaron 897: authentication.
898: This is the primary authentication method for most sites.
899: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 900: .Dq yes
901: or
902: .Dq no .
903: .It Cm RSAAuthentication
1.40 aaron 904: Specifies whether to try RSA authentication.
905: The argument to this keyword must be
1.2 deraadt 906: .Dq yes
907: or
908: .Dq no .
1.1 deraadt 909: RSA authentication will only be
910: attempted if the identity file exists, or an authentication agent is
911: running.
1.50 markus 912: Note that this option applies to protocol version 1 only.
1.27 markus 913: .It Cm SkeyAuthentication
914: Specifies whether to use
915: .Xr skey 1
1.40 aaron 916: authentication.
917: The argument to this keyword must be
1.27 markus 918: .Dq yes
919: or
920: .Dq no .
921: The default is
922: .Dq no .
1.2 deraadt 923: .It Cm StrictHostKeyChecking
924: If this flag is set to
1.44 aaron 925: .Dq yes ,
1.2 deraadt 926: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 927: ssh will never automatically add host keys to the
1.2 deraadt 928: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
1.48 markus 929: and
930: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2
931: files, and refuses to connect hosts whose host key has changed.
1.40 aaron 932: This provides maximum protection against trojan horse attacks.
933: However, it can be somewhat annoying if you don't have good
1.2 deraadt 934: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
1.48 markus 935: and
936: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
1.1 deraadt 937: files installed and frequently
1.40 aaron 938: connect new hosts.
939: Basically this option forces the user to manually
940: add any new hosts.
941: Normally this option is disabled, and new hosts
942: will automatically be added to the known host files.
943: The host keys of
944: known hosts will be verified automatically in either case.
945: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 946: .Dq yes
947: or
948: .Dq no .
1.16 markus 949: .It Cm UsePrivilegedPort
950: Specifies whether to use a privileged port for outgoing connections.
951: The argument must be
952: .Dq yes
953: or
954: .Dq no .
955: The default is
956: .Dq yes .
957: Note that setting this option to
958: .Dq no
1.30 provos 959: turns off
1.16 markus 960: .Cm RhostsAuthentication
961: and
1.72 markus 962: .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
963: for older servers.
1.34 markus 964: .It Cm User
1.40 aaron 965: Specifies the user to log in as.
966: This can be useful if you have a different user name on different machines.
967: This saves the trouble of
1.34 markus 968: having to remember to give the user name on the command line.
969: .It Cm UserKnownHostsFile
970: Specifies a file to use instead of
971: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts .
1.2 deraadt 972: .It Cm UseRsh
1.40 aaron 973: Specifies that rlogin/rsh should be used for this host.
974: It is possible that the host does not at all support the
1.2 deraadt 975: .Nm
1.40 aaron 976: protocol.
977: This causes
1.2 deraadt 978: .Nm
1.40 aaron 979: to immediately execute
1.2 deraadt 980: .Xr rsh 1 .
1.1 deraadt 981: All other options (except
1.2 deraadt 982: .Cm HostName )
1.40 aaron 983: are ignored if this has been specified.
984: The argument must be
1.2 deraadt 985: .Dq yes
986: or
987: .Dq no .
1.55 markus 988: .It Cm XAuthLocation
989: Specifies the location of the
990: .Xr xauth 1
991: program.
992: The default is
993: .Pa /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth .
1.58 itojun 994: .El
1.2 deraadt 995: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
996: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 997: will normally set the following environment variables:
1.2 deraadt 998: .Bl -tag -width Ds
999: .It Ev DISPLAY
1000: The
1001: .Ev DISPLAY
1.40 aaron 1002: variable indicates the location of the X11 server.
1.44 aaron 1003: It is automatically set by
1.2 deraadt 1004: .Nm
1005: to point to a value of the form
1006: .Dq hostname:n
1007: where hostname indicates
1.40 aaron 1008: the host where the shell runs, and n is an integer >= 1.
1009: .Nm
1010: uses this special value to forward X11 connections over the secure
1011: channel.
1012: The user should normally not set DISPLAY explicitly, as that
1.1 deraadt 1013: will render the X11 connection insecure (and will require the user to
1014: manually copy any required authorization cookies).
1.2 deraadt 1015: .It Ev HOME
1.1 deraadt 1016: Set to the path of the user's home directory.
1.2 deraadt 1017: .It Ev LOGNAME
1018: Synonym for
1.12 aaron 1019: .Ev USER ;
1020: set for compatibility with systems that use this variable.
1.2 deraadt 1021: .It Ev MAIL
1.1 deraadt 1022: Set to point the user's mailbox.
1.40 aaron 1023: .It Ev PATH
1.2 deraadt 1024: Set to the default
1025: .Ev PATH ,
1026: as specified when compiling
1.12 aaron 1027: .Nm ssh .
1.18 markus 1028: .It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
1.17 markus 1029: indicates the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate with the
1030: agent.
1.2 deraadt 1031: .It Ev SSH_CLIENT
1.40 aaron 1032: Identifies the client end of the connection.
1033: The variable contains
1.1 deraadt 1034: three space-separated values: client ip-address, client port number,
1035: and server port number.
1.73 markus 1036: .It Ev SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
1037: The variable contains the original command line if a forced command
1038: is executed.
1039: It can be used to extract the original arguments.
1.2 deraadt 1040: .It Ev SSH_TTY
1.1 deraadt 1041: This is set to the name of the tty (path to the device) associated
1.40 aaron 1042: with the current shell or command.
1043: If the current session has no tty,
1.1 deraadt 1044: this variable is not set.
1.2 deraadt 1045: .It Ev TZ
1.1 deraadt 1046: The timezone variable is set to indicate the present timezone if it
1.56 deraadt 1047: was set when the daemon was started (i.e., the daemon passes the value
1.1 deraadt 1048: on to new connections).
1.2 deraadt 1049: .It Ev USER
1.1 deraadt 1050: Set to the name of the user logging in.
1.2 deraadt 1051: .El
1052: .Pp
1.44 aaron 1053: Additionally,
1.2 deraadt 1054: .Nm
1.44 aaron 1055: reads
1056: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment ,
1.2 deraadt 1057: and adds lines of the format
1058: .Dq VARNAME=value
1.12 aaron 1059: to the environment.
1.2 deraadt 1060: .Sh FILES
1.36 markus 1061: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.2 deraadt 1062: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
1.1 deraadt 1063: Records host keys for all hosts the user has logged into (that are not
1.2 deraadt 1064: in
1065: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts ) .
1066: See
1067: .Xr sshd 8 .
1.48 markus 1068: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity, $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
1069: Contains the RSA and the DSA authentication identity of the user.
1070: These files
1071: contain sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not
1.15 markus 1072: accessible by others (read/write/execute).
1073: Note that
1074: .Nm
1.48 markus 1075: ignores a private key file if it is accessible by others.
1.15 markus 1076: It is possible to specify a passphrase when
1.1 deraadt 1077: generating the key; the passphrase will be used to encrypt the
1.8 deraadt 1078: sensitive part of this file using 3DES.
1.48 markus 1079: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub, $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
1.1 deraadt 1080: Contains the public key for authentication (public part of the
1.40 aaron 1081: identity file in human-readable form).
1.48 markus 1082: The contents of the
1083: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub
1084: file should be added to
1.2 deraadt 1085: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
1086: on all machines
1.40 aaron 1087: where you wish to log in using RSA authentication.
1.48 markus 1088: The contents of the
1089: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
1090: file should be added to
1091: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2
1092: on all machines
1093: where you wish to log in using DSA authentication.
1094: These files are not
1.40 aaron 1095: sensitive and can (but need not) be readable by anyone.
1.48 markus 1096: These files are
1097: never used automatically and are not necessary; they is only provided for
1.1 deraadt 1098: the convenience of the user.
1.2 deraadt 1099: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/config
1.40 aaron 1100: This is the per-user configuration file.
1101: The format of this file is described above.
1102: This file is used by the
1.2 deraadt 1103: .Nm
1.40 aaron 1104: client.
1105: This file does not usually contain any sensitive information,
1.1 deraadt 1106: but the recommended permissions are read/write for the user, and not
1107: accessible by others.
1.2 deraadt 1108: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
1.40 aaron 1109: Lists the RSA keys that can be used for logging in as this user.
1110: The format of this file is described in the
1.2 deraadt 1111: .Xr sshd 8
1.40 aaron 1112: manual page.
1113: In the simplest form the format is the same as the .pub
1.1 deraadt 1114: identity files (that is, each line contains the number of bits in
1115: modulus, public exponent, modulus, and comment fields, separated by
1.40 aaron 1116: spaces).
1117: This file is not highly sensitive, but the recommended
1.1 deraadt 1118: permissions are read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
1.48 markus 1119: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2
1.68 markus 1120: Lists the public keys (DSA/RSA) that can be used for logging in as this user.
1.48 markus 1121: This file is not highly sensitive, but the recommended
1122: permissions are read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
1123: .It Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts, /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
1.40 aaron 1124: Systemwide list of known host keys.
1.48 markus 1125: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
1126: contains RSA and
1127: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
1.68 markus 1128: contains DSA or RSA keys for protocol version 2.
1.48 markus 1129: These files should be prepared by the
1.1 deraadt 1130: system administrator to contain the public host keys of all machines in the
1.40 aaron 1131: organization.
1132: This file should be world-readable.
1133: This file contains
1.1 deraadt 1134: public keys, one per line, in the following format (fields separated
1135: by spaces): system name, number of bits in modulus, public exponent,
1.40 aaron 1136: modulus, and optional comment field.
1137: When different names are used
1.1 deraadt 1138: for the same machine, all such names should be listed, separated by
1.40 aaron 1139: commas.
1140: The format is described on the
1.2 deraadt 1141: .Xr sshd 8
1.1 deraadt 1142: manual page.
1.2 deraadt 1143: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 1144: The canonical system name (as returned by name servers) is used by
1.2 deraadt 1145: .Xr sshd 8
1.1 deraadt 1146: to verify the client host when logging in; other names are needed because
1.2 deraadt 1147: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 1148: does not convert the user-supplied name to a canonical name before
1149: checking the key, because someone with access to the name servers
1150: would then be able to fool host authentication.
1.2 deraadt 1151: .It Pa /etc/ssh_config
1.40 aaron 1152: Systemwide configuration file.
1153: This file provides defaults for those
1.1 deraadt 1154: values that are not specified in the user's configuration file, and
1.40 aaron 1155: for those users who do not have a configuration file.
1156: This file must be world-readable.
1.2 deraadt 1157: .It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
1158: This file is used in
1159: .Pa \&.rhosts
1160: authentication to list the
1.40 aaron 1161: host/user pairs that are permitted to log in.
1162: (Note that this file is
1.1 deraadt 1163: also used by rlogin and rsh, which makes using this file insecure.)
1164: Each line of the file contains a host name (in the canonical form
1165: returned by name servers), and then a user name on that host,
1.40 aaron 1166: separated by a space.
1167: One some machines this file may need to be
1.1 deraadt 1168: world-readable if the user's home directory is on a NFS partition,
1169: because
1.2 deraadt 1170: .Xr sshd 8
1.40 aaron 1171: reads it as root.
1172: Additionally, this file must be owned by the user,
1173: and must not have write permissions for anyone else.
1174: The recommended
1.1 deraadt 1175: permission for most machines is read/write for the user, and not
1176: accessible by others.
1.2 deraadt 1177: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 1178: Note that by default
1.2 deraadt 1179: .Xr sshd 8
1.1 deraadt 1180: will be installed so that it requires successful RSA host
1.40 aaron 1181: authentication before permitting \s+2.\s0rhosts authentication.
1182: If your server machine does not have the client's host key in
1.2 deraadt 1183: .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts ,
1184: you can store it in
1185: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts .
1186: The easiest way to do this is to
1.1 deraadt 1187: connect back to the client from the server machine using ssh; this
1.48 markus 1188: will automatically add the host key to
1.2 deraadt 1189: .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts .
1190: .It Pa $HOME/.shosts
1191: This file is used exactly the same way as
1192: .Pa \&.rhosts .
1193: The purpose for
1.1 deraadt 1194: having this file is to be able to use rhosts authentication with
1.2 deraadt 1195: .Nm
1196: without permitting login with
1197: .Xr rlogin 1
1198: or
1199: .Xr rsh 1 .
1200: .It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
1201: This file is used during
1.40 aaron 1202: .Pa \&.rhosts authentication.
1203: It contains
1.1 deraadt 1204: canonical hosts names, one per line (the full format is described on
1205: the
1.2 deraadt 1206: .Xr sshd 8
1.40 aaron 1207: manual page).
1208: If the client host is found in this file, login is
1.1 deraadt 1209: automatically permitted provided client and server user names are the
1.40 aaron 1210: same.
1211: Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally
1212: required.
1213: This file should only be writable by root.
1.2 deraadt 1214: .It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
1.44 aaron 1215: This file is processed exactly as
1.2 deraadt 1216: .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
1.1 deraadt 1217: This file may be useful to permit logins using
1.2 deraadt 1218: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 1219: but not using rsh/rlogin.
1.2 deraadt 1220: .It Pa /etc/sshrc
1.1 deraadt 1221: Commands in this file are executed by
1.2 deraadt 1222: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 1223: when the user logs in just before the user's shell (or command) is started.
1224: See the
1.2 deraadt 1225: .Xr sshd 8
1.1 deraadt 1226: manual page for more information.
1.2 deraadt 1227: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
1.1 deraadt 1228: Commands in this file are executed by
1.2 deraadt 1229: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 1230: when the user logs in just before the user's shell (or command) is
1231: started.
1.44 aaron 1232: See the
1.2 deraadt 1233: .Xr sshd 8
1.1 deraadt 1234: manual page for more information.
1.31 markus 1235: .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
1236: Contains additional definitions for environment variables, see section
1237: .Sx ENVIRONMENT
1238: above.
1.5 deraadt 1239: .It Pa libcrypto.so.X.1
1240: A version of this library which includes support for the RSA algorithm
1241: is required for proper operation.
1.58 itojun 1242: .El
1.67 aaron 1243: .Sh AUTHORS
1.20 provos 1244: OpenSSH
1.37 deraadt 1245: is a derivative of the original (free) ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen,
1.40 aaron 1246: but with bugs removed and newer features re-added.
1247: Rapidly after the
1.37 deraadt 1248: 1.2.12 release, newer versions of the original ssh bore successively
1249: more restrictive licenses, and thus demand for a free version was born.
1.47 markus 1250: .Pp
1.37 deraadt 1251: This version of OpenSSH
1.20 provos 1252: .Bl -bullet
1253: .It
1.35 aaron 1254: has all components of a restrictive nature (i.e., patents, see
1.21 deraadt 1255: .Xr ssl 8 )
1256: directly removed from the source code; any licensed or patented components
1257: are chosen from
1258: external libraries.
1.20 provos 1259: .It
1.47 markus 1260: has been updated to support SSH protocol 1.5 and 2, making it compatible with
1261: all other SSH clients and servers.
1.20 provos 1262: .It
1.44 aaron 1263: contains added support for
1.20 provos 1264: .Xr kerberos 8
1265: authentication and ticket passing.
1266: .It
1.21 deraadt 1267: supports one-time password authentication with
1.20 provos 1268: .Xr skey 1 .
1269: .El
1.25 provos 1270: .Pp
1.26 aaron 1271: OpenSSH has been created by Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl,
1.25 provos 1272: Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, and Dug Song.
1.47 markus 1273: .Pp
1274: The support for SSH protocol 2 was written by Markus Friedl.
1.2 deraadt 1275: .Sh SEE ALSO
1276: .Xr rlogin 1 ,
1277: .Xr rsh 1 ,
1278: .Xr scp 1 ,
1279: .Xr ssh-add 1 ,
1280: .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
1281: .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
1282: .Xr telnet 1 ,
1.5 deraadt 1283: .Xr sshd 8 ,
1284: .Xr ssl 8
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