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1.2 deraadt 38: .Dt SSHD 8
39: .Os
40: .Sh NAME
41: .Nm sshd
1.308 jmc 42: .Nd OpenSSH daemon
1.2 deraadt 43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
44: .Nm sshd
1.194 jmc 45: .Bk -words
1.243 jmc 46: .Op Fl 46DdeiqTt
1.242 dtucker 47: .Op Fl C Ar connection_spec
1.251 djm 48: .Op Fl c Ar host_certificate_file
1.268 dtucker 49: .Op Fl E Ar log_file
1.2 deraadt 50: .Op Fl f Ar config_file
51: .Op Fl g Ar login_grace_time
52: .Op Fl h Ar host_key_file
1.156 markus 53: .Op Fl o Ar option
1.2 deraadt 54: .Op Fl p Ar port
1.61 markus 55: .Op Fl u Ar len
1.194 jmc 56: .Ek
1.40 aaron 57: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.2 deraadt 58: .Nm
1.212 jmc 59: (OpenSSH Daemon) is the daemon program for
1.2 deraadt 60: .Xr ssh 1 .
1.316 jmc 61: It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
1.36 aaron 62: over an insecure network.
1.2 deraadt 63: .Pp
64: .Nm
1.212 jmc 65: listens for connections from clients.
1.40 aaron 66: It is normally started at boot from
1.2 deraadt 67: .Pa /etc/rc .
68: It forks a new
1.36 aaron 69: daemon for each incoming connection.
70: The forked daemons handle
1.1 deraadt 71: key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution,
72: and data exchange.
1.2 deraadt 73: .Pp
74: .Nm
1.200 jmc 75: can be configured using command-line options or a configuration file
76: (by default
1.212 jmc 77: .Xr sshd_config 5 ) ;
78: command-line options override values specified in the
1.1 deraadt 79: configuration file.
1.25 markus 80: .Nm
81: rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
1.97 deraadt 82: .Dv SIGHUP ,
1.230 jmc 83: by executing itself with the name and options it was started with, e.g.\&
1.97 deraadt 84: .Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
1.18 aaron 85: .Pp
86: The options are as follows:
1.2 deraadt 87: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.200 jmc 88: .It Fl 4
89: Forces
90: .Nm
91: to use IPv4 addresses only.
92: .It Fl 6
93: Forces
94: .Nm
95: to use IPv6 addresses only.
1.243 jmc 96: .It Fl C Ar connection_spec
97: Specify the connection parameters to use for the
98: .Fl T
99: extended test mode.
100: If provided, any
101: .Cm Match
1.293 dtucker 102: directives in the configuration file that would apply are applied before the
103: configuration is written to standard output.
104: The connection parameters are supplied as keyword=value pairs and may be
105: supplied in any order, either with multiple
106: .Fl C
107: options or as a comma-separated list.
1.243 jmc 108: The keywords are
1.316 jmc 109: .Dq addr ,
1.243 jmc 110: .Dq user ,
111: .Dq host ,
1.265 dtucker 112: .Dq laddr ,
113: .Dq lport ,
1.293 dtucker 114: and
1.292 djm 115: .Dq rdomain
1.293 dtucker 116: and correspond to source address, user, resolved source host name,
117: local address, local port number and routing domain respectively.
1.252 jmc 118: .It Fl c Ar host_certificate_file
119: Specifies a path to a certificate file to identify
120: .Nm
121: during key exchange.
122: The certificate file must match a host key file specified using the
123: .Fl h
124: option or the
125: .Cm HostKey
126: configuration directive.
1.200 jmc 127: .It Fl D
128: When this option is specified,
129: .Nm
130: will not detach and does not become a daemon.
131: This allows easy monitoring of
132: .Nm sshd .
1.2 deraadt 133: .It Fl d
1.36 aaron 134: Debug mode.
1.250 djm 135: The server sends verbose debug output to standard error,
136: and does not put itself in the background.
1.316 jmc 137: The server also will not
138: .Xr fork 2
139: and will only process one connection.
1.36 aaron 140: This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
1.194 jmc 141: Multiple
142: .Fl d
143: options increase the debugging level.
1.67 aaron 144: Maximum is 3.
1.268 dtucker 145: .It Fl E Ar log_file
146: Append debug logs to
147: .Ar log_file
148: instead of the system log.
1.120 markus 149: .It Fl e
1.269 dtucker 150: Write debug logs to standard error instead of the system log.
1.235 jmc 151: .It Fl f Ar config_file
1.36 aaron 152: Specifies the name of the configuration file.
153: The default is
1.167 deraadt 154: .Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
1.16 markus 155: .Nm
156: refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
1.2 deraadt 157: .It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
1.1 deraadt 158: Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
1.191 stevesk 159: 120 seconds).
1.36 aaron 160: If the client fails to authenticate the user within
161: this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
162: A value of zero indicates no limit.
1.2 deraadt 163: .It Fl h Ar host_key_file
1.160 stevesk 164: Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
1.7 markus 165: This option must be given if
166: .Nm
167: is not run as root (as the normal
1.160 stevesk 168: host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
169: The default is
1.285 naddy 170: .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key ,
1.273 naddy 171: .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
1.259 djm 172: and
1.285 naddy 173: .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key .
1.75 markus 174: It is possible to have multiple host key files for
1.285 naddy 175: the different host key algorithms.
1.2 deraadt 176: .It Fl i
1.7 markus 177: Specifies that
178: .Nm
1.194 jmc 179: is being run from
180: .Xr inetd 8 .
1.156 markus 181: .It Fl o Ar option
182: Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
183: This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
184: command-line flag.
1.200 jmc 185: For full details of the options, and their values, see
186: .Xr sshd_config 5 .
1.2 deraadt 187: .It Fl p Ar port
1.1 deraadt 188: Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
189: (default 22).
1.158 stevesk 190: Multiple port options are permitted.
1.210 stevesk 191: Ports specified in the configuration file with the
192: .Cm Port
193: option are ignored when a command-line port is specified.
194: Ports specified using the
195: .Cm ListenAddress
196: option override command-line ports.
1.2 deraadt 197: .It Fl q
1.36 aaron 198: Quiet mode.
199: Nothing is sent to the system log.
200: Normally the beginning,
1.1 deraadt 201: authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
1.242 dtucker 202: .It Fl T
203: Extended test mode.
204: Check the validity of the configuration file, output the effective configuration
205: to stdout and then exit.
206: Optionally,
207: .Cm Match
208: rules may be applied by specifying the connection parameters using one or more
209: .Fl C
210: options.
1.243 jmc 211: .It Fl t
212: Test mode.
213: Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
214: This is useful for updating
215: .Nm
216: reliably as configuration options may change.
1.61 markus 217: .It Fl u Ar len
218: This option is used to specify the size of the field
219: in the
220: .Li utmp
221: structure that holds the remote host name.
222: If the resolved host name is longer than
223: .Ar len ,
224: the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
225: This allows hosts with very long host names that
226: overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
227: Specifying
228: .Fl u0
229: indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
230: should be put into the
231: .Pa utmp
232: file.
1.144 stevesk 233: .Fl u0
1.194 jmc 234: may also be used to prevent
1.144 stevesk 235: .Nm
236: from making DNS requests unless the authentication
237: mechanism or configuration requires it.
238: Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
1.285 naddy 239: .Cm HostbasedAuthentication
1.144 stevesk 240: and using a
241: .Cm from="pattern-list"
242: option in a key file.
1.170 stevesk 243: Configuration options that require DNS include using a
244: USER@HOST pattern in
245: .Cm AllowUsers
246: or
247: .Cm DenyUsers .
1.2 deraadt 248: .El
1.214 jmc 249: .Sh AUTHENTICATION
1.285 naddy 250: The OpenSSH SSH daemon supports SSH protocol 2 only.
1.284 jmc 251: Each host has a host-specific key,
1.214 jmc 252: used to identify the host.
1.212 jmc 253: Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public
1.285 naddy 254: host key.
1.212 jmc 255: The client compares the
1.285 naddy 256: host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
1.310 dtucker 257: Forward secrecy is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
1.214 jmc 258: This key agreement results in a shared session key.
1.309 naddy 259: The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher.
1.214 jmc 260: The client selects the encryption algorithm
261: to use from those offered by the server.
262: Additionally, session integrity is provided
1.310 dtucker 263: through a cryptographic message authentication code (MAC).
1.214 jmc 264: .Pp
265: Finally, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
1.212 jmc 266: The client tries to authenticate itself using
1.214 jmc 267: host-based authentication,
268: public key authentication,
269: challenge-response authentication,
270: or password authentication.
1.212 jmc 271: .Pp
272: If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
273: preparing the session is entered.
274: At this time the client may request
275: things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
276: forwarding TCP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
277: connection over the secure channel.
278: .Pp
1.317 dtucker 279: After this, the client either requests an interactive shell or execution
280: or a non-interactive command, which
281: .Nm
282: will execute via the user's shell using its
283: .Fl c
284: option.
1.212 jmc 285: The sides then enter session mode.
286: In this mode, either side may send
287: data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
288: command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
289: .Pp
290: When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
291: connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
292: the client, and both sides exit.
1.2 deraadt 293: .Sh LOGIN PROCESS
1.1 deraadt 294: When a user successfully logs in,
1.2 deraadt 295: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 296: does the following:
1.2 deraadt 297: .Bl -enum -offset indent
298: .It
1.1 deraadt 299: If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
1.40 aaron 300: prints last login time and
1.2 deraadt 301: .Pa /etc/motd
1.1 deraadt 302: (unless prevented in the configuration file or by
1.207 djm 303: .Pa ~/.hushlogin ;
1.2 deraadt 304: see the
1.40 aaron 305: .Sx FILES
1.2 deraadt 306: section).
307: .It
1.1 deraadt 308: If the login is on a tty, records login time.
1.2 deraadt 309: .It
310: Checks
311: .Pa /etc/nologin ;
312: if it exists, prints contents and quits
1.1 deraadt 313: (unless root).
1.2 deraadt 314: .It
1.1 deraadt 315: Changes to run with normal user privileges.
1.2 deraadt 316: .It
1.1 deraadt 317: Sets up basic environment.
1.2 deraadt 318: .It
1.200 jmc 319: Reads the file
1.207 djm 320: .Pa ~/.ssh/environment ,
1.200 jmc 321: if it exists, and users are allowed to change their environment.
1.188 stevesk 322: See the
1.187 marc 323: .Cm PermitUserEnvironment
1.188 stevesk 324: option in
1.187 marc 325: .Xr sshd_config 5 .
1.2 deraadt 326: .It
1.1 deraadt 327: Changes to user's home directory.
1.2 deraadt 328: .It
329: If
1.207 djm 330: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc
1.276 djm 331: exists and the
332: .Xr sshd_config 5
333: .Cm PermitUserRC
334: option is set, runs it; else if
1.168 deraadt 335: .Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
1.2 deraadt 336: exists, runs
1.316 jmc 337: it; otherwise runs
338: .Xr xauth 1 .
1.36 aaron 339: The
1.2 deraadt 340: .Dq rc
341: files are given the X11
1.1 deraadt 342: authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
1.226 jmc 343: See
344: .Sx SSHRC ,
345: below.
1.2 deraadt 346: .It
1.1 deraadt 347: Runs user's shell or command.
1.279 djm 348: All commands are run under the user's login shell as specified in the
349: system password database.
1.2 deraadt 350: .El
1.226 jmc 351: .Sh SSHRC
352: If the file
353: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc
354: exists,
355: .Xr sh 1
356: runs it after reading the
357: environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
358: It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
359: instead.
360: If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
361: its standard input (and
362: .Ev DISPLAY
363: in its environment).
364: The script must call
365: .Xr xauth 1
366: because
367: .Nm
368: will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
369: .Pp
370: The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
371: which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
372: accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
373: .Pp
374: This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
375: something similar to:
376: .Bd -literal -offset 3n
377: if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
378: if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
379: # X11UseLocalhost=yes
380: echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
381: cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
382: else
383: # X11UseLocalhost=no
384: echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
385: fi | xauth -q -
386: fi
387: .Ed
388: .Pp
389: If this file does not exist,
390: .Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
391: is run, and if that
392: does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
1.2 deraadt 393: .Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
1.125 markus 394: .Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
1.262 jmc 395: specifies the files containing public keys for
1.217 jmc 396: public key authentication;
1.281 djm 397: if this option is not specified, the default is
1.261 djm 398: .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
399: and
400: .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 .
1.36 aaron 401: Each line of the file contains one
1.2 deraadt 402: key (empty lines and lines starting with a
403: .Ql #
404: are ignored as
1.36 aaron 405: comments).
1.285 naddy 406: Public keys consist of the following space-separated fields:
1.217 jmc 407: options, keytype, base64-encoded key, comment.
1.285 naddy 408: The options field is optional.
1.305 naddy 409: The supported key types are:
410: .Pp
411: .Bl -item -compact -offset indent
412: .It
413: sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com
414: .It
415: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
416: .It
417: ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
418: .It
419: ecdsa-sha2-nistp521
420: .It
1.306 djm 421: sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com
422: .It
1.305 naddy 423: ssh-ed25519
424: .It
425: ssh-dss
426: .It
427: ssh-rsa
428: .El
429: .Pp
430: The comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
1.285 naddy 431: user to identify the key).
1.2 deraadt 432: .Pp
1.285 naddy 433: Note that lines in this file can be several hundred bytes long
1.203 dtucker 434: (because of the size of the public key encoding) up to a limit of
1.305 naddy 435: 8 kilobytes, which permits RSA keys up to 16 kilobits.
1.36 aaron 436: You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
1.217 jmc 437: .Pa id_dsa.pub ,
1.259 djm 438: .Pa id_ecdsa.pub ,
1.305 naddy 439: .Pa id_ecdsa_sk.pub ,
1.273 naddy 440: .Pa id_ed25519.pub ,
1.306 djm 441: .Pa id_ed25519_sk.pub ,
1.75 markus 442: or the
1.113 itojun 443: .Pa id_rsa.pub
1.1 deraadt 444: file and edit it.
1.175 stevesk 445: .Pp
446: .Nm
1.296 dtucker 447: enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size of 1024 bits.
1.2 deraadt 448: .Pp
1.58 deraadt 449: The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
1.36 aaron 450: specifications.
451: No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
1.141 stevesk 452: The following option specifications are supported (note
453: that option keywords are case-insensitive):
1.2 deraadt 454: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.282 djm 455: .It Cm agent-forwarding
456: Enable authentication agent forwarding previously disabled by the
457: .Cm restrict
458: option.
1.253 djm 459: .It Cm cert-authority
1.251 djm 460: Specifies that the listed key is a certification authority (CA) that is
461: trusted to validate signed certificates for user authentication.
462: .Pp
463: Certificates may encode access restrictions similar to these key options.
464: If both certificate restrictions and key options are present, the most
465: restrictive union of the two is applied.
1.2 deraadt 466: .It Cm command="command"
1.1 deraadt 467: Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
1.36 aaron 468: authentication.
469: The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
1.148 markus 470: The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
1.36 aaron 471: otherwise it is run without a tty.
1.194 jmc 472: If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
1.147 deraadt 473: one must not request a pty or should specify
1.89 markus 474: .Cm no-pty .
1.36 aaron 475: A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
1.287 djm 476: .Pp
1.36 aaron 477: This option might be useful
1.189 espie 478: to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
1.36 aaron 479: An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
1.211 jmc 480: Note that the client may specify TCP and/or X11
1.287 djm 481: forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited, e.g. using the
482: .Cm restrict
483: key option.
484: .Pp
1.233 dtucker 485: The command originally supplied by the client is available in the
486: .Ev SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
487: environment variable.
1.149 markus 488: Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
1.287 djm 489: Also note that this command may be superseded by a
1.251 djm 490: .Xr sshd_config 5
491: .Cm ForceCommand
1.287 djm 492: directive.
493: .Pp
494: If a command is specified and a forced-command is embedded in a certificate
495: used for authentication, then the certificate will be accepted only if the
496: two commands are identical.
1.2 deraadt 497: .It Cm environment="NAME=value"
1.1 deraadt 498: Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
1.36 aaron 499: logging in using this key.
500: Environment variables set this way
501: override other default environment values.
502: Multiple options of this type are permitted.
1.188 stevesk 503: Environment processing is disabled by default and is
504: controlled via the
505: .Cm PermitUserEnvironment
506: option.
1.299 jmc 507: .It Cm expiry-time="timespec"
508: Specifies a time after which the key will not be accepted.
509: The time may be specified as a YYYYMMDD date or a YYYYMMDDHHMM[SS] time
510: in the system time-zone.
1.218 jmc 511: .It Cm from="pattern-list"
1.244 djm 512: Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, either the canonical
1.245 jmc 513: name of the remote host or its IP address must be present in the
1.244 djm 514: comma-separated list of patterns.
1.270 jmc 515: See PATTERNS in
1.229 jmc 516: .Xr ssh_config 5
517: for more information on patterns.
1.244 djm 518: .Pp
519: In addition to the wildcard matching that may be applied to hostnames or
520: addresses, a
521: .Cm from
1.248 sobrado 522: stanza may match IP addresses using CIDR address/masklen notation.
1.244 djm 523: .Pp
524: The purpose of this option is to optionally increase security: public key
525: authentication by itself does not trust the network or name servers or
526: anything (but the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
527: permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
528: This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
529: servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
530: just the key).
1.218 jmc 531: .It Cm no-agent-forwarding
532: Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
533: authentication.
1.2 deraadt 534: .It Cm no-port-forwarding
1.211 jmc 535: Forbids TCP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
1.36 aaron 536: Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
1.230 jmc 537: This might be used, e.g. in connection with the
1.2 deraadt 538: .Cm command
1.1 deraadt 539: option.
1.218 jmc 540: .It Cm no-pty
541: Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
1.240 djm 542: .It Cm no-user-rc
1.241 jmc 543: Disables execution of
1.240 djm 544: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc .
1.2 deraadt 545: .It Cm no-X11-forwarding
1.1 deraadt 546: Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
547: Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
1.302 djm 548: .It Cm permitlisten="[host:]port"
1.301 jmc 549: Limit remote port forwarding with the
1.300 djm 550: .Xr ssh 1
551: .Fl R
1.302 djm 552: option such that it may only listen on the specified host (optional) and port.
1.300 djm 553: IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing the address in square brackets.
554: Multiple
555: .Cm permitlisten
556: options may be applied separated by commas.
557: Hostnames may include wildcards as described in the PATTERNS section in
558: .Xr ssh_config 5 .
559: A port specification of
560: .Cm *
561: matches any port.
562: Note that the setting of
563: .Cm GatewayPorts
564: may further restrict listen addresses.
1.302 djm 565: Note that
566: .Xr ssh 1
567: will send a hostname of
568: .Dq localhost
569: if a listen host was not specified when the forwarding was requested, and
1.303 jmc 570: that this name is treated differently to the explicit localhost addresses
1.302 djm 571: .Dq 127.0.0.1
572: and
573: .Dq ::1 .
1.107 djm 574: .It Cm permitopen="host:port"
1.301 jmc 575: Limit local port forwarding with the
1.278 bentley 576: .Xr ssh 1
577: .Fl L
1.300 djm 578: option such that it may only connect to the specified host and port.
1.257 djm 579: IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing the address in square brackets.
1.146 stevesk 580: Multiple
1.107 djm 581: .Cm permitopen
1.197 jmc 582: options may be applied separated by commas.
1.312 djm 583: No pattern matching or name lookup is performed on the
584: specified hostnames, they must be literal host names and/or addresses.
1.264 dtucker 585: A port specification of
586: .Cm *
587: matches any port.
1.282 djm 588: .It Cm port-forwarding
589: Enable port forwarding previously disabled by the
590: .Cm restrict
1.294 djm 591: option.
1.256 djm 592: .It Cm principals="principals"
593: On a
594: .Cm cert-authority
595: line, specifies allowed principals for certificate authentication as a
596: comma-separated list.
597: At least one name from the list must appear in the certificate's
598: list of principals for the certificate to be accepted.
599: This option is ignored for keys that are not marked as trusted certificate
600: signers using the
601: .Cm cert-authority
602: option.
1.282 djm 603: .It Cm pty
604: Permits tty allocation previously disabled by the
605: .Cm restrict
606: option.
1.307 djm 607: .It Cm no-touch-required
608: Do not require demonstration of user presence
609: for signatures made using this key.
1.313 djm 610: This option only makes sense for the FIDO authenticator algorithms
611: .Cm ecdsa-sk
612: and
613: .Cm ed25519-sk .
614: .It Cm verify-required
615: Require that signatures made using this key attest that they verified
616: the user, e.g. via a PIN.
1.311 naddy 617: This option only makes sense for the FIDO authenticator algorithms
1.307 djm 618: .Cm ecdsa-sk
619: and
620: .Cm ed25519-sk .
1.282 djm 621: .It Cm restrict
622: Enable all restrictions, i.e. disable port, agent and X11 forwarding,
623: as well as disabling PTY allocation
624: and execution of
625: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc .
1.318 naddy 626: If any future restriction capabilities are added to authorized_keys files,
1.282 djm 627: they will be included in this set.
1.209 reyk 628: .It Cm tunnel="n"
629: Force a
630: .Xr tun 4
631: device on the server.
632: Without this option, the next available device will be used if
633: the client requests a tunnel.
1.282 djm 634: .It Cm user-rc
635: Enables execution of
636: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc
637: previously disabled by the
638: .Cm restrict
639: option.
640: .It Cm X11-forwarding
641: Permits X11 forwarding previously disabled by the
642: .Cm restrict
643: option.
1.2 deraadt 644: .El
645: .Pp
1.219 jmc 646: An example authorized_keys file:
1.222 jmc 647: .Bd -literal -offset 3n
1.315 djm 648: # Comments are allowed at start of line. Blank lines are allowed.
649: # Plain key, no restrictions
650: ssh-rsa ...
651: # Forced command, disable PTY and all forwarding
652: restrict,command="dump /home" ssh-rsa ...
653: # Restriction of ssh -L forwarding destinations
654: permitopen="192.0.2.1:80",permitopen="192.0.2.2:25" ssh-rsa ...
655: # Restriction of ssh -R forwarding listeners
656: permitlisten="localhost:8080",permitlisten="[::1]:22000" ssh-rsa ...
657: # Configuration for tunnel forwarding
658: tunnel="0",command="sh /etc/netstart tun0" ssh-rsa ...
659: # Override of restriction to allow PTY allocation
660: restrict,pty,command="nethack" ssh-rsa ...
661: # Allow FIDO key without requiring touch
662: no-touch-required sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com ...
663: # Require user-verification (e.g. PIN or biometric) for FIDO key
664: verify-required sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com ...
665: # Trust CA key, allow touch-less FIDO if requested in certificate
666: cert-authority,no-touch-required,principals="user_a" ssh-rsa ...
1.219 jmc 667: .Ed
1.2 deraadt 668: .Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
1.40 aaron 669: The
1.194 jmc 670: .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
1.40 aaron 671: and
1.207 djm 672: .Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts
1.36 aaron 673: files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
674: The global file should
1.37 brad 675: be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
1.288 dtucker 676: maintained automatically: whenever the user connects to an unknown host,
1.36 aaron 677: its key is added to the per-user file.
1.2 deraadt 678: .Pp
1.314 djm 679: Each line in these files contains the following fields: marker (optional),
1.285 naddy 680: hostnames, keytype, base64-encoded key, comment.
1.36 aaron 681: The fields are separated by spaces.
1.2 deraadt 682: .Pp
1.254 djm 683: The marker is optional, but if it is present then it must be one of
684: .Dq @cert-authority ,
685: to indicate that the line contains a certification authority (CA) key,
686: or
687: .Dq @revoked ,
688: to indicate that the key contained on the line is revoked and must not ever
689: be accepted.
690: Only one marker should be used on a key line.
691: .Pp
1.196 david 692: Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
1.220 jmc 693: .Pf ( Ql *
1.197 jmc 694: and
695: .Ql \&?
1.195 mouring 696: act as
1.290 djm 697: wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the host name.
698: When
699: .Nm sshd
700: is authenticating a client, such as when using
701: .Cm HostbasedAuthentication ,
702: this will be the canonical client host name.
703: When
704: .Xr ssh 1
1.291 jmc 705: is authenticating a server, this will be the host name
1.290 djm 706: given by the user, the value of the
707: .Xr ssh 1
708: .Cm HostkeyAlias
709: if it was specified, or the canonical server hostname if the
710: .Xr ssh 1
711: .Cm CanonicalizeHostname
712: option was used.
713: .Pp
1.36 aaron 714: A pattern may also be preceded by
1.195 mouring 715: .Ql \&!
1.2 deraadt 716: to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
1.1 deraadt 717: pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
718: pattern on the line.
1.231 dtucker 719: A hostname or address may optionally be enclosed within
720: .Ql \&[
721: and
722: .Ql \&]
723: brackets then followed by
724: .Ql \&:
1.232 jmc 725: and a non-standard port number.
1.2 deraadt 726: .Pp
1.205 djm 727: Alternately, hostnames may be stored in a hashed form which hides host names
1.206 jmc 728: and addresses should the file's contents be disclosed.
729: Hashed hostnames start with a
730: .Ql |
1.205 djm 731: character.
732: Only one hashed hostname may appear on a single line and none of the above
733: negation or wildcard operators may be applied.
734: .Pp
1.285 naddy 735: The keytype and base64-encoded key are taken directly from the host key; they
1.220 jmc 736: can be obtained, for example, from
1.285 naddy 737: .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub .
1.1 deraadt 738: The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
1.2 deraadt 739: .Pp
740: Lines starting with
741: .Ql #
742: and empty lines are ignored as comments.
743: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 744: When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
1.254 djm 745: matching line has the proper key; either one that matches exactly or,
746: if the server has presented a certificate for authentication, the key
747: of the certification authority that signed the certificate.
748: For a key to be trusted as a certification authority, it must use the
749: .Dq @cert-authority
750: marker described above.
751: .Pp
752: The known hosts file also provides a facility to mark keys as revoked,
753: for example when it is known that the associated private key has been
754: stolen.
755: Revoked keys are specified by including the
756: .Dq @revoked
757: marker at the beginning of the key line, and are never accepted for
758: authentication or as certification authorities, but instead will
759: produce a warning from
760: .Xr ssh 1
761: when they are encountered.
762: .Pp
763: It is permissible (but not
1.1 deraadt 764: recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
1.36 aaron 765: names.
766: This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
767: from different domains are put in the file.
768: It is possible
1.1 deraadt 769: that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
770: accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
1.2 deraadt 771: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 772: Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
773: long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
1.254 djm 774: Rather, generate them by a script,
775: .Xr ssh-keyscan 1
1.285 naddy 776: or by taking, for example,
777: .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
1.1 deraadt 778: and adding the host names at the front.
1.254 djm 779: .Xr ssh-keygen 1
1.255 jmc 780: also offers some basic automated editing for
1.254 djm 781: .Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts
782: including removing hosts matching a host name and converting all host
783: names to their hashed representations.
1.221 jmc 784: .Pp
785: An example ssh_known_hosts file:
786: .Bd -literal -offset 3n
787: # Comments allowed at start of line
788: cvs.example.net,192.0.2.10 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
1.205 djm 789: # A hashed hostname
790: |1|JfKTdBh7rNbXkVAQCRp4OQoPfmI=|USECr3SWf1JUPsms5AqfD5QfxkM= ssh-rsa
791: AAAA1234.....=
1.254 djm 792: # A revoked key
793: @revoked * ssh-rsa AAAAB5W...
794: # A CA key, accepted for any host in *.mydomain.com or *.mydomain.org
795: @cert-authority *.mydomain.org,*.mydomain.com ssh-rsa AAAAB5W...
1.120 markus 796: .Ed
1.2 deraadt 797: .Sh FILES
1.223 jmc 798: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.258 jmc 799: .It Pa ~/.hushlogin
1.204 jmc 800: This file is used to suppress printing the last login time and
801: .Pa /etc/motd ,
802: if
803: .Cm PrintLastLog
804: and
805: .Cm PrintMotd ,
806: respectively,
807: are enabled.
808: It does not suppress printing of the banner specified by
809: .Cm Banner .
1.223 jmc 810: .Pp
1.258 jmc 811: .It Pa ~/.rhosts
1.225 jmc 812: This file is used for host-based authentication (see
813: .Xr ssh 1
814: for more information).
815: On some machines this file may need to be
816: world-readable if the user's home directory is on an NFS partition,
817: because
818: .Nm
819: reads it as root.
820: Additionally, this file must be owned by the user,
821: and must not have write permissions for anyone else.
822: The recommended
823: permission for most machines is read/write for the user, and not
1.1 deraadt 824: accessible by others.
1.2 deraadt 825: .Pp
1.258 jmc 826: .It Pa ~/.shosts
1.225 jmc 827: This file is used in exactly the same way as
828: .Pa .rhosts ,
829: but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with
830: rlogin/rsh.
1.238 mcbride 831: .Pp
1.258 jmc 832: .It Pa ~/.ssh/
1.238 mcbride 833: This directory is the default location for all user-specific configuration
834: and authentication information.
835: There is no general requirement to keep the entire contents of this directory
836: secret, but the recommended permissions are read/write/execute for the user,
837: and not accessible by others.
1.2 deraadt 838: .Pp
1.258 jmc 839: .It Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
1.277 sobrado 840: Lists the public keys (DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519, RSA)
1.273 naddy 841: that can be used for logging in as this user.
1.223 jmc 842: The format of this file is described above.
1.234 dtucker 843: The content of the file is not highly sensitive, but the recommended
1.225 jmc 844: permissions are read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
1.234 dtucker 845: .Pp
846: If this file, the
847: .Pa ~/.ssh
848: directory, or the user's home directory are writable
849: by other users, then the file could be modified or replaced by unauthorized
850: users.
851: In this case,
852: .Nm
853: will not allow it to be used unless the
854: .Cm StrictModes
855: option has been set to
856: .Dq no .
1.2 deraadt 857: .Pp
1.258 jmc 858: .It Pa ~/.ssh/environment
1.36 aaron 859: This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
860: It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
1.2 deraadt 861: .Ql # ) ,
1.36 aaron 862: and assignment lines of the form name=value.
863: The file should be writable
1.6 aaron 864: only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
1.188 stevesk 865: Environment processing is disabled by default and is
866: controlled via the
867: .Cm PermitUserEnvironment
868: option.
1.223 jmc 869: .Pp
1.258 jmc 870: .It Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts
1.225 jmc 871: Contains a list of host keys for all hosts the user has logged into
872: that are not already in the systemwide list of known host keys.
873: The format of this file is described above.
874: This file should be writable only by root/the owner and
1.223 jmc 875: can, but need not be, world-readable.
876: .Pp
1.258 jmc 877: .It Pa ~/.ssh/rc
1.226 jmc 878: Contains initialization routines to be run before
879: the user's home directory becomes accessible.
1.1 deraadt 880: This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
881: readable by anyone else.
1.223 jmc 882: .Pp
1.258 jmc 883: .It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
1.227 jmc 884: This file is for host-based authentication (see
885: .Xr ssh 1 ) .
886: It should only be writable by root.
1.223 jmc 887: .Pp
1.258 jmc 888: .It Pa /etc/moduli
1.283 djm 889: Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange"
890: key exchange method.
1.223 jmc 891: The file format is described in
892: .Xr moduli 5 .
1.283 djm 893: If no usable groups are found in this file then fixed internal groups will
894: be used.
1.223 jmc 895: .Pp
1.258 jmc 896: .It Pa /etc/motd
1.223 jmc 897: See
898: .Xr motd 5 .
899: .Pp
1.258 jmc 900: .It Pa /etc/nologin
1.223 jmc 901: If this file exists,
902: .Nm
903: refuses to let anyone except root log in.
904: The contents of the file
905: are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
906: refused.
907: The file should be world-readable.
908: .Pp
1.258 jmc 909: .It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
1.227 jmc 910: This file is used in exactly the same way as
911: .Pa hosts.equiv ,
912: but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with
913: rlogin/rsh.
1.225 jmc 914: .Pp
1.259 djm 915: .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
1.273 naddy 916: .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
1.258 jmc 917: .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
1.266 dtucker 918: These files contain the private parts of the host keys.
1.223 jmc 919: These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
920: accessible to others.
921: Note that
922: .Nm
1.228 jmc 923: does not start if these files are group/world-accessible.
1.223 jmc 924: .Pp
1.259 djm 925: .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub
1.273 naddy 926: .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
1.258 jmc 927: .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
1.266 dtucker 928: These files contain the public parts of the host keys.
1.223 jmc 929: These files should be world-readable but writable only by
930: root.
931: Their contents should match the respective private parts.
932: These files are not
933: really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
934: the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
935: These files are created using
936: .Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
937: .Pp
1.258 jmc 938: .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
1.235 jmc 939: Systemwide list of known host keys.
940: This file should be prepared by the
941: system administrator to contain the public host keys of all machines in the
942: organization.
943: The format of this file is described above.
944: This file should be writable only by root/the owner and
945: should be world-readable.
946: .Pp
1.258 jmc 947: .It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
1.223 jmc 948: Contains configuration data for
949: .Nm sshd .
950: The file format and configuration options are described in
951: .Xr sshd_config 5 .
952: .Pp
1.258 jmc 953: .It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
1.226 jmc 954: Similar to
955: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc ,
956: it can be used to specify
1.36 aaron 957: machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
958: This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
1.223 jmc 959: .Pp
1.258 jmc 960: .It Pa /var/empty
1.223 jmc 961: .Xr chroot 2
962: directory used by
963: .Nm
964: during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
965: The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
966: and not group or world-writable.
967: .Pp
1.258 jmc 968: .It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
1.223 jmc 969: Contains the process ID of the
970: .Nm
971: listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
972: concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
973: started last).
974: The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
1.56 aaron 975: .El
1.2 deraadt 976: .Sh SEE ALSO
977: .Xr scp 1 ,
1.90 djm 978: .Xr sftp 1 ,
1.2 deraadt 979: .Xr ssh 1 ,
1.5 deraadt 980: .Xr ssh-add 1 ,
1.2 deraadt 981: .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
1.5 deraadt 982: .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
1.235 jmc 983: .Xr ssh-keyscan 1 ,
1.200 jmc 984: .Xr chroot 2 ,
1.136 markus 985: .Xr login.conf 5 ,
986: .Xr moduli 5 ,
1.184 stevesk 987: .Xr sshd_config 5 ,
1.200 jmc 988: .Xr inetd 8 ,
1.128 mpech 989: .Xr sftp-server 8
1.198 jmc 990: .Sh AUTHORS
991: OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
992: ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
993: Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
994: Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
995: removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
996: created OpenSSH.
997: Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
998: protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
999: Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support
1000: for privilege separation.
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