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this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.

A value of zero indicates no limit.

.It Fl h Ar host_key_file

Specifies the file from which the RSA host key is read (default

Specifies the file from which the host key is read (default

.Pa /etc/ssh_host_key ) .

This option must be given if

.Nm

is not run as root (as the normal

host file is normally not readable by anyone but root).

It is possible to have multiple host key files for

the different protocol versions.

.It Fl i

Specifies that

.Nm

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Line 728

permitted for RSA authentication in SSH protocols 1.3 and 1.5

Similarly, the

.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2

file lists the DSA keys that are

file lists the DSA and RSA keys that are

permitted for DSA authentication in SSH protocol 2.0.

permitted for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)

in SSH protocol 2.0.

.Pp

Each line of the file contains one

key (empty lines and lines starting with a

.Ql #

are ignored as

comments).

Each line consists of the following fields, separated by

Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by

spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.

The options field

Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:

is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts

options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.

The options fields

are optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts

with a number or not (the option field never starts with a number).

The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key; the

The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for

protocol version 1; the

comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the

user to identify the key).

For protocol version 2 the keytype is

.Dq ssh-dss

.Dq ssh-rsa .

.Pp

Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long

(because of the size of the RSA key modulus).

You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the

.Pa identity.pub

or the

.Pa id_dsa.pub

file and edit it.

.Pp

The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option