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9cb1827b 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.199 2003/08/13 08:46:31 markus Exp $
3c0ef626 38.Dd September 25, 1999
39.Dt SSHD 8
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm sshd
43.Nd OpenSSH SSH daemon
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm sshd
6a9b3198 46.Bk -words
9cb1827b 47.Op Fl deiqtD46
3c0ef626 48.Op Fl b Ar bits
49.Op Fl f Ar config_file
50.Op Fl g Ar login_grace_time
51.Op Fl h Ar host_key_file
52.Op Fl k Ar key_gen_time
e9a17296 53.Op Fl o Ar option
3c0ef626 54.Op Fl p Ar port
55.Op Fl u Ar len
6a9b3198 56.Ek
3c0ef626 57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58.Nm
59(SSH Daemon) is the daemon program for
60.Xr ssh 1 .
61Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and
62provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
63over an insecure network.
64The programs are intended to be as easy to
65install and use as possible.
66.Pp
67.Nm
68is the daemon that listens for connections from clients.
69It is normally started at boot from
70.Pa /etc/rc .
71It forks a new
72daemon for each incoming connection.
73The forked daemons handle
74key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution,
75and data exchange.
76This implementation of
77.Nm
78supports both SSH protocol version 1 and 2 simultaneously.
79.Nm
6a9b3198 80works as follows:
9cb1827b 81.Pp
3c0ef626 82.Ss SSH protocol version 1
9cb1827b 83.Pp
3c0ef626 84Each host has a host-specific RSA key
85(normally 1024 bits) used to identify the host.
86Additionally, when
87the daemon starts, it generates a server RSA key (normally 768 bits).
88This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and
89is never stored on disk.
90.Pp
6a9b3198 91Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public
3c0ef626 92host and server keys.
93The client compares the
94RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
9cb1827b 95The client then generates a 256 bit random number.
3c0ef626 96It encrypts this
97random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends
98the encrypted number to the server.
99Both sides then use this
100random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further
101communications in the session.
102The rest of the session is encrypted
103using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish or 3DES, with 3DES
104being used by default.
105The client selects the encryption algorithm
106to use from those offered by the server.
107.Pp
108Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
109The client tries to authenticate itself using
9cb1827b 110.Pa .rhosts
3c0ef626 111authentication,
9cb1827b 112.Pa .rhosts
3c0ef626 113authentication combined with RSA host
114authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password
115based authentication.
116.Pp
0fff78ff 117Regardless of the authentication type, the account is checked to
118ensure that it is accessible. An account is not accessible if it is
119locked, listed in
120.Cm DenyUsers
121or its group is listed in
122.Cm DenyGroups
123\&. The definition of a locked account is system dependant. Some platforms
124have their own account database (eg AIX) and some modify the passwd field (
125.Ql \&*LK\&*
126on Solaris,
127.Ql \&*
128on HP-UX, containing
129.Ql Nologin
130on Tru64 and a leading
131.Ql \&!!
132on Linux). If there is a requirement to disable password authentication
133for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field
134should be set to something other than these values (eg
135.Ql NP
136or
137.Ql \&*NP\&*
138).
139.Pp
9cb1827b 140Rhosts authentication is normally disabled
3c0ef626 141because it is fundamentally insecure, but can be enabled in the server
142configuration file if desired.
143System security is not improved unless
700318f3 144.Nm rshd ,
145.Nm rlogind ,
3c0ef626 146and
6a9b3198 147.Nm rexecd
3c0ef626 148are disabled (thus completely disabling
700318f3 149.Xr rlogin
3c0ef626 150and
700318f3 151.Xr rsh
3c0ef626 152into the machine).
9cb1827b 153.Pp
3c0ef626 154.Ss SSH protocol version 2
9cb1827b 155.Pp
3c0ef626 156Version 2 works similarly:
157Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host.
158However, when the daemon starts, it does not generate a server key.
159Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
160This key agreement results in a shared session key.
161.Pp
162The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
9cb1827b 163128 bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192 bit AES, or 256 bit AES.
3c0ef626 164The client selects the encryption algorithm
165to use from those offered by the server.
166Additionally, session integrity is provided
167through a cryptographic message authentication code
168(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
169.Pp
170Protocol version 2 provides a public key based
171user (PubkeyAuthentication) or
172client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method,
173conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods.
9cb1827b 174.Pp
3c0ef626 175.Ss Command execution and data forwarding
9cb1827b 176.Pp
3c0ef626 177If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
178preparing the session is entered.
179At this time the client may request
180things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
181forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
182connection over the secure channel.
183.Pp
184Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
185The sides then enter session mode.
186In this mode, either side may send
187data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
188command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
189.Pp
190When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
191connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
192the client, and both sides exit.
193.Pp
194.Nm
9cb1827b 195can be configured using command-line options or a configuration
196file.
3c0ef626 197Command-line options override values specified in the
198configuration file.
199.Pp
200.Nm
201rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
202.Dv SIGHUP ,
203by executing itself with the name it was started as, i.e.,
204.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
205.Pp
206The options are as follows:
207.Bl -tag -width Ds
208.It Fl b Ar bits
209Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
210server key (default 768).
211.It Fl d
212Debug mode.
213The server sends verbose debug output to the system
214log, and does not put itself in the background.
215The server also will not fork and will only process one connection.
216This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
6a9b3198 217Multiple
218.Fl d
219options increase the debugging level.
3c0ef626 220Maximum is 3.
221.It Fl e
222When this option is specified,
223.Nm
224will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
225.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
226Specifies the name of the configuration file.
227The default is
e9a17296 228.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
3c0ef626 229.Nm
230refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
231.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
232Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
41b2f314 233120 seconds).
3c0ef626 234If the client fails to authenticate the user within
235this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
236A value of zero indicates no limit.
237.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
e9a17296 238Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
3c0ef626 239This option must be given if
240.Nm
241is not run as root (as the normal
e9a17296 242host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
243The default is
244.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
245for protocol version 1, and
246.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
247and
248.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
249for protocol version 2.
3c0ef626 250It is possible to have multiple host key files for
251the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
252.It Fl i
253Specifies that
254.Nm
6a9b3198 255is being run from
256.Xr inetd 8 .
3c0ef626 257.Nm
258is normally not run
259from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
260respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
261Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
262However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using
263.Nm
264from inetd may
265be feasible.
266.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
267Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
268regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
269The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
9cb1827b 270often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour,
3c0ef626 271it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
272communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
273seized.
274A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
e9a17296 275.It Fl o Ar option
276Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
277This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
278command-line flag.
3c0ef626 279.It Fl p Ar port
280Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
281(default 22).
e9a17296 282Multiple port options are permitted.
283Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a
284command-line port is specified.
3c0ef626 285.It Fl q
286Quiet mode.
287Nothing is sent to the system log.
288Normally the beginning,
289authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
290.It Fl t
291Test mode.
292Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
e9a17296 293This is useful for updating
3c0ef626 294.Nm
295reliably as configuration options may change.
296.It Fl u Ar len
297This option is used to specify the size of the field
298in the
299.Li utmp
300structure that holds the remote host name.
301If the resolved host name is longer than
302.Ar len ,
303the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
304This allows hosts with very long host names that
305overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
306Specifying
307.Fl u0
308indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
309should be put into the
310.Pa utmp
311file.
312.Fl u0
6a9b3198 313may also be used to prevent
3c0ef626 314.Nm
315from making DNS requests unless the authentication
316mechanism or configuration requires it.
317Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
3c0ef626 318.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
319.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
320and using a
321.Cm from="pattern-list"
322option in a key file.
e9a17296 323Configuration options that require DNS include using a
324USER@HOST pattern in
325.Cm AllowUsers
326or
327.Cm DenyUsers .
9cb1827b 328.It Fl D
329When this option is specified
330.Nm
331will not detach and does not become a daemon.
332This allows easy monitoring of
333.Nm sshd .
334.It Fl 4
335Forces
336.Nm
337to use IPv4 addresses only.
338.It Fl 6
339Forces
340.Nm
341to use IPv6 addresses only.
3c0ef626 342.El
343.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
344.Nm
345reads configuration data from
e9a17296 346.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
3c0ef626 347(or the file specified with
348.Fl f
349on the command line).
f5799ae1 350The file format and configuration options are described in
351.Xr sshd_config 5 .
3c0ef626 352.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
353When a user successfully logs in,
354.Nm
355does the following:
356.Bl -enum -offset indent
357.It
358If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
359prints last login time and
360.Pa /etc/motd
361(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
362.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
363see the
364.Sx FILES
365section).
366.It
367If the login is on a tty, records login time.
368.It
369Checks
370.Pa /etc/nologin ;
371if it exists, prints contents and quits
372(unless root).
373.It
374Changes to run with normal user privileges.
375.It
376Sets up basic environment.
377.It
9cb1827b 378Reads
379.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
380if it exists and users are allowed to change their environment.
41b2f314 381See the
382.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
383option in
384.Xr sshd_config 5 .
3c0ef626 385.It
386Changes to user's home directory.
387.It
388If
389.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
390exists, runs it; else if
e9a17296 391.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
3c0ef626 392exists, runs
393it; otherwise runs xauth.
394The
395.Dq rc
396files are given the X11
397authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
398.It
399Runs user's shell or command.
400.El
401.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
402.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
403is the default file that lists the public keys that are
404permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1
405and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)
406in protocol version 2.
407.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
408may be used to specify an alternative file.
409.Pp
410Each line of the file contains one
411key (empty lines and lines starting with a
412.Ql #
413are ignored as
414comments).
415Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
416spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
417Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
418options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
41b2f314 419The options field
420is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
421with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number).
3c0ef626 422The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
423protocol version 1; the
424comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
425user to identify the key).
426For protocol version 2 the keytype is
427.Dq ssh-dss
428or
429.Dq ssh-rsa .
430.Pp
431Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
41b2f314 432(because of the size of the public key encoding).
3c0ef626 433You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
434.Pa identity.pub ,
435.Pa id_dsa.pub
436or the
437.Pa id_rsa.pub
438file and edit it.
439.Pp
700318f3 440.Nm
441enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
442and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
443.Pp
3c0ef626 444The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
445specifications.
446No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
447The following option specifications are supported (note
448that option keywords are case-insensitive):
449.Bl -tag -width Ds
450.It Cm from="pattern-list"
41b2f314 451Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
3c0ef626 452of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
453patterns
0fff78ff 454.Pf ( Ql \&*
3c0ef626 455and
0fff78ff 456.Ql \&?
3c0ef626 457serve as wildcards).
458The list may also contain
459patterns negated by prefixing them with
0fff78ff 460.Ql \&! ;
3c0ef626 461if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
462The purpose
41b2f314 463of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
3c0ef626 464by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
465the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
466permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
467This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
468servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
469just the key).
470.It Cm command="command"
471Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
472authentication.
473The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
474The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
475otherwise it is run without a tty.
6a9b3198 476If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
3c0ef626 477one must not request a pty or should specify
478.Cm no-pty .
479A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
480This option might be useful
41b2f314 481to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
3c0ef626 482An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
483Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
484forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
485Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
486.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
487Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
488logging in using this key.
489Environment variables set this way
490override other default environment values.
491Multiple options of this type are permitted.
41b2f314 492Environment processing is disabled by default and is
493controlled via the
494.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
495option.
3c0ef626 496This option is automatically disabled if
497.Cm UseLogin
498is enabled.
499.It Cm no-port-forwarding
500Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
501Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
502This might be used, e.g., in connection with the
503.Cm command
504option.
505.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
506Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
507Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
508.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
509Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
510authentication.
511.It Cm no-pty
512Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
513.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
514Limit local
515.Li ``ssh -L''
516port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
517port.
518IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
9cb1827b 519.Ar host/port .
3c0ef626 520Multiple
521.Cm permitopen
0fff78ff 522options may be applied separated by commas.
523No pattern matching is performed on the specified hostnames,
524they must be literal domains or addresses.
3c0ef626 525.El
526.Ss Examples
9cb1827b 5271024 33 12121.\|.\|.\|312314325 ylo@foo.bar
3c0ef626 528.Pp
9cb1827b 529from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23.\|.\|.\|2334 ylo@niksula
3c0ef626 530.Pp
9cb1827b 531command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323 backup.hut.fi
3c0ef626 532.Pp
9cb1827b 533permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323
3c0ef626 534.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
535The
6a9b3198 536.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
3c0ef626 537and
538.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
539files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
540The global file should
541be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
542maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host
543its key is added to the per-user file.
544.Pp
545Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
546bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
547The fields are separated by spaces.
548.Pp
0fff78ff 549Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
550.Pf ( Ql \&*
551and
552.Ql \&?
553act as
3c0ef626 554wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
555name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
556name (when authenticating a server).
557A pattern may also be preceded by
0fff78ff 558.Ql \&!
3c0ef626 559to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
560pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
561pattern on the line.
562.Pp
563Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
564can be obtained, e.g., from
e9a17296 565.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
3c0ef626 566The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
567.Pp
568Lines starting with
569.Ql #
570and empty lines are ignored as comments.
571.Pp
572When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
573matching line has the proper key.
574It is thus permissible (but not
575recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
576names.
577This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
578from different domains are put in the file.
579It is possible
580that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
581accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
582.Pp
583Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
584long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
585Rather, generate them by a script
586or by taking
e9a17296 587.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
3c0ef626 588and adding the host names at the front.
589.Ss Examples
590.Bd -literal
9cb1827b 591closenet,.\|.\|.\|,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159.\|.\|.93 closenet.hut.fi
3c0ef626 592cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
593.Ed
594.Sh FILES
595.Bl -tag -width Ds
e9a17296 596.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
3c0ef626 597Contains configuration data for
598.Nm sshd .
f5799ae1 599The file format and configuration options are described in
600.Xr sshd_config 5 .
e9a17296 601.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
3c0ef626 602These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
603These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
604accessible to others.
605Note that
606.Nm
607does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
e9a17296 608.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
3c0ef626 609These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
610These files should be world-readable but writable only by
611root.
612Their contents should match the respective private parts.
613These files are not
614really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
615the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
616These files are created using
617.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
618.It Pa /etc/moduli
619Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
41b2f314 620The file format is described in
621.Xr moduli 5 .
680cee3b 622.It Pa /var/empty
623.Xr chroot 2
624directory used by
625.Nm
626during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
627The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
628and not group or world-writable.
3c0ef626 629.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
630Contains the process ID of the
631.Nm
632listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
680cee3b 633concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
3c0ef626 634started last).
635The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
636.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
637Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account.
638This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
639it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
640volume).
641It is recommended that it not be accessible by others.
642The format of this file is described above.
643Users will place the contents of their
644.Pa identity.pub ,
645.Pa id_dsa.pub
646and/or
647.Pa id_rsa.pub
648files into this file, as described in
649.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
9cb1827b 650.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts" and "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
3c0ef626 651These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
652authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication
653to check the public key of the host.
654The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted.
655The client uses the same files
656to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host.
657These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
e9a17296 658.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
3c0ef626 659should be world-readable, and
660.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
6a9b3198 661can, but need not be, world-readable.
3c0ef626 662.It Pa /etc/nologin
663If this file exists,
664.Nm
665refuses to let anyone except root log in.
666The contents of the file
667are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
668refused.
669The file should be world-readable.
670.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
671Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
672Further details are described in
673.Xr hosts_access 5 .
674.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
675This file contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
676line.
677The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
6a9b3198 678without a password.
3c0ef626 679The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
680The file must
681be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
682accessible by others.
683.Pp
9cb1827b 684If is also possible to use netgroups in the file.
3c0ef626 685Either host or user
686name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users
687in the group.
688.It Pa $HOME/.shosts
689For ssh,
690this file is exactly the same as for
691.Pa .rhosts .
692However, this file is
693not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only.
694.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
695This file is used during
9cb1827b 696.Pa .rhosts
3c0ef626 697authentication.
698In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
699Users on
700those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
701have the same user name on both machines.
702The host name may also be
703followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
704.Em any
705user on this machine (except root).
706Additionally, the syntax
707.Dq +@group
708can be used to specify netgroups.
709Negated entries start with
710.Ql \&- .
711.Pp
712If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
713automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
714same.
715Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally required.
716This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
717that it be world-readable.
718.Pp
719.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
720.Pa hosts.equiv .
721Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
722.Em anybody ,
723which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
724binaries and directories.
725Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
726The only valid use for user names that I can think
727of is in negative entries.
728.Pp
729Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
730.It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
731This is processed exactly as
732.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
733However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both
734rsh/rlogin and ssh.
735.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
736This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
737It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
738.Ql # ) ,
739and assignment lines of the form name=value.
740The file should be writable
741only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
41b2f314 742Environment processing is disabled by default and is
743controlled via the
744.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
745option.
3c0ef626 746.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
6a9b3198 747If this file exists, it is run with
748.Pa /bin/sh
749after reading the
3c0ef626 750environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
700318f3 751It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
752instead.
753If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
754its standard input (and
3c0ef626 755.Ev DISPLAY
700318f3 756in its environment).
757The script must call
3c0ef626 758.Xr xauth 1
700318f3 759because
760.Nm
761will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
3c0ef626 762.Pp
763The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
764which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
765accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
766.Pp
767This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
768something similar to:
769.Bd -literal
700318f3 770if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
771 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
772 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
41b2f314 773 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
700318f3 774 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
775 else
776 # X11UseLocalhost=no
41b2f314 777 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
778 fi | xauth -q -
700318f3 779fi
3c0ef626 780.Ed
781.Pp
782If this file does not exist,
e9a17296 783.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
3c0ef626 784is run, and if that
700318f3 785does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
3c0ef626 786.Pp
787This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
788readable by anyone else.
e9a17296 789.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
3c0ef626 790Like
791.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
792This can be used to specify
793machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
794This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
795.El
3c0ef626 796.Sh SEE ALSO
797.Xr scp 1 ,
798.Xr sftp 1 ,
799.Xr ssh 1 ,
800.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
801.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
802.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
803.Xr login.conf 5 ,
804.Xr moduli 5 ,
f5799ae1 805.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
3c0ef626 806.Xr sftp-server 8
807.Rs
808.%A T. Ylonen
809.%A T. Kivinen
810.%A M. Saarinen
811.%A T. Rinne
812.%A S. Lehtinen
813.%T "SSH Protocol Architecture"
700318f3 814.%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt
815.%D January 2002
3c0ef626 816.%O work in progress material
817.Re
818.Rs
819.%A M. Friedl
820.%A N. Provos
821.%A W. A. Simpson
822.%T "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol"
700318f3 823.%N draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-02.txt
824.%D January 2002
3c0ef626 825.%O work in progress material
826.Re
0fff78ff 827.Sh AUTHORS
828OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
829ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
830Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
831Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
832removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
833created OpenSSH.
834Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
835protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
836Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support
837for privilege separation.
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