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7e82606e 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.201 2004/05/02 11:54:31 dtucker 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
bfe49944 46.Bk -words
540d72c3 47.Op Fl 46Ddeiqt
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
e9702f7d 53.Op Fl o Ar option
3c0ef626 54.Op Fl p Ar port
55.Op Fl u Ar len
bfe49944 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
bfe49944 80works as follows:
3c0ef626 81.Ss SSH protocol version 1
3c0ef626 82Each host has a host-specific RSA key
83(normally 1024 bits) used to identify the host.
84Additionally, when
85the daemon starts, it generates a server RSA key (normally 768 bits).
86This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and
87is never stored on disk.
88.Pp
bfe49944 89Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public
3c0ef626 90host and server keys.
91The client compares the
92RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
540d72c3 93The client then generates a 256-bit random number.
3c0ef626 94It encrypts this
95random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends
96the encrypted number to the server.
97Both sides then use this
98random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further
99communications in the session.
100The rest of the session is encrypted
101using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish or 3DES, with 3DES
102being used by default.
103The client selects the encryption algorithm
104to use from those offered by the server.
105.Pp
106Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
107The client tries to authenticate itself using
540d72c3 108.Em .rhosts
3c0ef626 109authentication,
540d72c3 110.Em .rhosts
3c0ef626 111authentication combined with RSA host
112authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password
113based authentication.
114.Pp
7cac2b65 115Regardless of the authentication type, the account is checked to
116ensure that it is accessible. An account is not accessible if it is
117locked, listed in
118.Cm DenyUsers
119or its group is listed in
120.Cm DenyGroups
121\&. The definition of a locked account is system dependant. Some platforms
122have their own account database (eg AIX) and some modify the passwd field (
123.Ql \&*LK\&*
124on Solaris,
125.Ql \&*
126on HP-UX, containing
127.Ql Nologin
128on Tru64 and a leading
129.Ql \&!!
130on Linux). If there is a requirement to disable password authentication
131for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field
132should be set to something other than these values (eg
133.Ql NP
134or
135.Ql \&*NP\&*
136).
137.Pp
540d72c3 138.Em rhosts
139authentication is normally disabled
3c0ef626 140because it is fundamentally insecure, but can be enabled in the server
141configuration file if desired.
142System security is not improved unless
350391c5 143.Nm rshd ,
144.Nm rlogind ,
3c0ef626 145and
bfe49944 146.Nm rexecd
3c0ef626 147are disabled (thus completely disabling
350391c5 148.Xr rlogin
3c0ef626 149and
350391c5 150.Xr rsh
3c0ef626 151into the machine).
3c0ef626 152.Ss SSH protocol version 2
3c0ef626 153Version 2 works similarly:
154Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host.
155However, when the daemon starts, it does not generate a server key.
156Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
157This key agreement results in a shared session key.
158.Pp
159The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
540d72c3 160128-bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192-bit AES, or 256-bit AES.
3c0ef626 161The client selects the encryption algorithm
162to use from those offered by the server.
163Additionally, session integrity is provided
164through a cryptographic message authentication code
165(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
166.Pp
167Protocol version 2 provides a public key based
168user (PubkeyAuthentication) or
169client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method,
170conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods.
3c0ef626 171.Ss Command execution and data forwarding
3c0ef626 172If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
173preparing the session is entered.
174At this time the client may request
175things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
176forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
177connection over the secure channel.
178.Pp
179Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
180The sides then enter session mode.
181In this mode, either side may send
182data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
183command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
184.Pp
185When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
186connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
187the client, and both sides exit.
188.Pp
189.Nm
540d72c3 190can be configured using command-line options or a configuration file
191(by default
192.Xr sshd_config 5 ) .
3c0ef626 193Command-line options override values specified in the
194configuration file.
195.Pp
196.Nm
197rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
198.Dv SIGHUP ,
7e82606e 199by executing itself with the name and options it was started with, e.g.,
3c0ef626 200.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
201.Pp
202The options are as follows:
203.Bl -tag -width Ds
540d72c3 204.It Fl 4
205Forces
206.Nm
207to use IPv4 addresses only.
208.It Fl 6
209Forces
210.Nm
211to use IPv6 addresses only.
3c0ef626 212.It Fl b Ar bits
213Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
214server key (default 768).
540d72c3 215.It Fl D
216When this option is specified,
217.Nm
218will not detach and does not become a daemon.
219This allows easy monitoring of
220.Nm sshd .
3c0ef626 221.It Fl d
222Debug mode.
223The server sends verbose debug output to the system
224log, and does not put itself in the background.
225The server also will not fork and will only process one connection.
226This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
bfe49944 227Multiple
228.Fl d
229options increase the debugging level.
3c0ef626 230Maximum is 3.
231.It Fl e
232When this option is specified,
233.Nm
234will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
235.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
236Specifies the name of the configuration file.
237The default is
e9702f7d 238.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
3c0ef626 239.Nm
240refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
241.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
242Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
d03f4262 243120 seconds).
3c0ef626 244If the client fails to authenticate the user within
245this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
246A value of zero indicates no limit.
247.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
e9702f7d 248Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
3c0ef626 249This option must be given if
250.Nm
251is not run as root (as the normal
e9702f7d 252host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
253The default is
254.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
255for protocol version 1, and
256.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
257and
258.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
259for protocol version 2.
3c0ef626 260It is possible to have multiple host key files for
261the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
262.It Fl i
263Specifies that
264.Nm
bfe49944 265is being run from
266.Xr inetd 8 .
3c0ef626 267.Nm
268is normally not run
269from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
270respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
271Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
272However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using
273.Nm
274from inetd may
275be feasible.
276.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
277Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
278regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
279The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
540d72c3 280often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour
3c0ef626 281it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
282communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
283seized.
284A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
e9702f7d 285.It Fl o Ar option
286Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
287This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
288command-line flag.
540d72c3 289For full details of the options, and their values, see
290.Xr sshd_config 5 .
3c0ef626 291.It Fl p Ar port
292Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
293(default 22).
e9702f7d 294Multiple port options are permitted.
295Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a
296command-line port is specified.
3c0ef626 297.It Fl q
298Quiet mode.
299Nothing is sent to the system log.
300Normally the beginning,
301authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
302.It Fl t
303Test mode.
304Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
e9702f7d 305This is useful for updating
3c0ef626 306.Nm
307reliably as configuration options may change.
308.It Fl u Ar len
309This option is used to specify the size of the field
310in the
311.Li utmp
312structure that holds the remote host name.
313If the resolved host name is longer than
314.Ar len ,
315the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
316This allows hosts with very long host names that
317overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
318Specifying
319.Fl u0
320indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
321should be put into the
322.Pa utmp
323file.
324.Fl u0
bfe49944 325may also be used to prevent
3c0ef626 326.Nm
327from making DNS requests unless the authentication
328mechanism or configuration requires it.
329Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
3c0ef626 330.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
331.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
332and using a
333.Cm from="pattern-list"
334option in a key file.
e9702f7d 335Configuration options that require DNS include using a
336USER@HOST pattern in
337.Cm AllowUsers
338or
339.Cm DenyUsers .
3c0ef626 340.El
341.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
342.Nm
343reads configuration data from
e9702f7d 344.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
3c0ef626 345(or the file specified with
346.Fl f
347on the command line).
44a053a3 348The file format and configuration options are described in
349.Xr sshd_config 5 .
3c0ef626 350.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
351When a user successfully logs in,
352.Nm
353does the following:
354.Bl -enum -offset indent
355.It
356If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
357prints last login time and
358.Pa /etc/motd
359(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
360.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
361see the
362.Sx FILES
363section).
364.It
365If the login is on a tty, records login time.
366.It
367Checks
368.Pa /etc/nologin ;
369if it exists, prints contents and quits
370(unless root).
371.It
372Changes to run with normal user privileges.
373.It
374Sets up basic environment.
375.It
540d72c3 376Reads the file
377.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment ,
378if it exists, and users are allowed to change their environment.
d03f4262 379See the
380.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
381option in
382.Xr sshd_config 5 .
3c0ef626 383.It
384Changes to user's home directory.
385.It
386If
387.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
388exists, runs it; else if
e9702f7d 389.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
3c0ef626 390exists, runs
391it; otherwise runs xauth.
392The
393.Dq rc
394files are given the X11
395authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
396.It
397Runs user's shell or command.
398.El
399.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
400.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
401is the default file that lists the public keys that are
402permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1
403and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)
404in protocol version 2.
405.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
406may be used to specify an alternative file.
407.Pp
408Each line of the file contains one
409key (empty lines and lines starting with a
410.Ql #
411are ignored as
412comments).
413Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
414spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
415Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
416options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
d03f4262 417The options field
418is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
419with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number).
3c0ef626 420The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
421protocol version 1; the
422comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
423user to identify the key).
424For protocol version 2 the keytype is
425.Dq ssh-dss
426or
427.Dq ssh-rsa .
428.Pp
429Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
d03f4262 430(because of the size of the public key encoding).
3c0ef626 431You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
432.Pa identity.pub ,
433.Pa id_dsa.pub
434or the
435.Pa id_rsa.pub
436file and edit it.
437.Pp
350391c5 438.Nm
439enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
440and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
441.Pp
3c0ef626 442The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
443specifications.
444No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
445The following option specifications are supported (note
446that option keywords are case-insensitive):
447.Bl -tag -width Ds
448.It Cm from="pattern-list"
d03f4262 449Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
3c0ef626 450of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
451patterns
7cac2b65 452.Pf ( Ql \&*
3c0ef626 453and
7cac2b65 454.Ql \&?
3c0ef626 455serve as wildcards).
456The list may also contain
457patterns negated by prefixing them with
7cac2b65 458.Ql \&! ;
3c0ef626 459if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
460The purpose
d03f4262 461of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
3c0ef626 462by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
463the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
464permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
465This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
466servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
467just the key).
468.It Cm command="command"
469Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
470authentication.
471The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
472The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
473otherwise it is run without a tty.
bfe49944 474If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
3c0ef626 475one must not request a pty or should specify
476.Cm no-pty .
477A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
478This option might be useful
d03f4262 479to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
3c0ef626 480An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
481Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
482forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
483Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
484.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
485Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
486logging in using this key.
487Environment variables set this way
488override other default environment values.
489Multiple options of this type are permitted.
d03f4262 490Environment processing is disabled by default and is
491controlled via the
492.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
493option.
3c0ef626 494This option is automatically disabled if
495.Cm UseLogin
496is enabled.
497.It Cm no-port-forwarding
498Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
499Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
500This might be used, e.g., in connection with the
501.Cm command
502option.
503.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
504Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
505Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
506.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
507Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
508authentication.
509.It Cm no-pty
510Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
511.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
512Limit local
513.Li ``ssh -L''
514port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
515port.
516IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
540d72c3 517.Ar host Ns / Ns Ar port .
3c0ef626 518Multiple
519.Cm permitopen
7cac2b65 520options may be applied separated by commas.
521No pattern matching is performed on the specified hostnames,
522they must be literal domains or addresses.
3c0ef626 523.El
524.Ss Examples
540d72c3 5251024 33 12121...312314325 ylo@foo.bar
3c0ef626 526.Pp
540d72c3 527from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23...2334 ylo@niksula
3c0ef626 528.Pp
540d72c3 529command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23...2323 backup.hut.fi
3c0ef626 530.Pp
540d72c3 531permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23...2323
3c0ef626 532.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
533The
bfe49944 534.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
3c0ef626 535and
536.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
537files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
538The global file should
539be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
540maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host
541its key is added to the per-user file.
542.Pp
543Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
544bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
545The fields are separated by spaces.
546.Pp
7cac2b65 547Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
548.Pf ( Ql \&*
549and
550.Ql \&?
551act as
3c0ef626 552wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
553name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
554name (when authenticating a server).
555A pattern may also be preceded by
7cac2b65 556.Ql \&!
3c0ef626 557to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
558pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
559pattern on the line.
560.Pp
561Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
562can be obtained, e.g., from
e9702f7d 563.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
3c0ef626 564The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
565.Pp
566Lines starting with
567.Ql #
568and empty lines are ignored as comments.
569.Pp
570When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
571matching line has the proper key.
572It is thus permissible (but not
573recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
574names.
575This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
576from different domains are put in the file.
577It is possible
578that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
579accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
580.Pp
581Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
582long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
583Rather, generate them by a script
584or by taking
e9702f7d 585.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
3c0ef626 586and adding the host names at the front.
587.Ss Examples
588.Bd -literal
540d72c3 589closenet,...,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159...93 closenet.hut.fi
3c0ef626 590cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
591.Ed
592.Sh FILES
593.Bl -tag -width Ds
e9702f7d 594.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
3c0ef626 595Contains configuration data for
596.Nm sshd .
44a053a3 597The file format and configuration options are described in
598.Xr sshd_config 5 .
e9702f7d 599.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
3c0ef626 600These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
601These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
602accessible to others.
603Note that
604.Nm
605does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
e9702f7d 606.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
3c0ef626 607These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
608These files should be world-readable but writable only by
609root.
610Their contents should match the respective private parts.
611These files are not
612really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
613the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
614These files are created using
615.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
616.It Pa /etc/moduli
617Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
d03f4262 618The file format is described in
619.Xr moduli 5 .
276b07a3 620.It Pa /var/empty
621.Xr chroot 2
622directory used by
623.Nm
624during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
625The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
626and not group or world-writable.
3c0ef626 627.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
628Contains the process ID of the
629.Nm
630listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
276b07a3 631concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
3c0ef626 632started last).
633The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
634.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
635Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account.
636This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
637it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
638volume).
639It is recommended that it not be accessible by others.
640The format of this file is described above.
641Users will place the contents of their
642.Pa identity.pub ,
643.Pa id_dsa.pub
644and/or
645.Pa id_rsa.pub
646files into this file, as described in
647.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
540d72c3 648.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts", "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
3c0ef626 649These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
650authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication
651to check the public key of the host.
652The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted.
653The client uses the same files
654to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host.
655These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
e9702f7d 656.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
3c0ef626 657should be world-readable, and
658.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
bfe49944 659can, but need not be, world-readable.
3c0ef626 660.It Pa /etc/nologin
661If this file exists,
662.Nm
663refuses to let anyone except root log in.
664The contents of the file
665are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
666refused.
667The file should be world-readable.
668.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
669Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
670Further details are described in
671.Xr hosts_access 5 .
672.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
673This file contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
674line.
675The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
bfe49944 676without a password.
3c0ef626 677The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
678The file must
679be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
680accessible by others.
681.Pp
540d72c3 682It is also possible to use netgroups in the file.
3c0ef626 683Either host or user
684name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users
685in the group.
686.It Pa $HOME/.shosts
687For ssh,
688this file is exactly the same as for
689.Pa .rhosts .
690However, this file is
691not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only.
692.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
693This file is used during
540d72c3 694.Em rhosts
3c0ef626 695authentication.
696In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
697Users on
698those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
699have the same user name on both machines.
700The host name may also be
701followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
702.Em any
703user on this machine (except root).
704Additionally, the syntax
705.Dq +@group
706can be used to specify netgroups.
707Negated entries start with
708.Ql \&- .
709.Pp
710If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
711automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
712same.
713Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally required.
714This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
715that it be world-readable.
716.Pp
717.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
718.Pa hosts.equiv .
719Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
720.Em anybody ,
721which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
722binaries and directories.
723Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
724The only valid use for user names that I can think
725of is in negative entries.
726.Pp
727Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
728.It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
729This is processed exactly as
730.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
731However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both
732rsh/rlogin and ssh.
733.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
734This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
735It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
736.Ql # ) ,
737and assignment lines of the form name=value.
738The file should be writable
739only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
d03f4262 740Environment processing is disabled by default and is
741controlled via the
742.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
743option.
3c0ef626 744.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
bfe49944 745If this file exists, it is run with
746.Pa /bin/sh
747after reading the
3c0ef626 748environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
350391c5 749It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
750instead.
751If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
752its standard input (and
3c0ef626 753.Ev DISPLAY
350391c5 754in its environment).
755The script must call
3c0ef626 756.Xr xauth 1
350391c5 757because
758.Nm
759will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
3c0ef626 760.Pp
761The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
762which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
763accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
764.Pp
765This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
766something similar to:
767.Bd -literal
350391c5 768if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
769 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
770 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
d03f4262 771 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
350391c5 772 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
773 else
774 # X11UseLocalhost=no
d03f4262 775 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
776 fi | xauth -q -
350391c5 777fi
3c0ef626 778.Ed
779.Pp
780If this file does not exist,
e9702f7d 781.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
3c0ef626 782is run, and if that
350391c5 783does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
3c0ef626 784.Pp
785This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
786readable by anyone else.
e9702f7d 787.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
3c0ef626 788Like
789.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
790This can be used to specify
791machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
792This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
793.El
3c0ef626 794.Sh SEE ALSO
795.Xr scp 1 ,
796.Xr sftp 1 ,
797.Xr ssh 1 ,
798.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
799.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
800.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
540d72c3 801.Xr chroot 2 ,
802.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
3c0ef626 803.Xr login.conf 5 ,
804.Xr moduli 5 ,
44a053a3 805.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
540d72c3 806.Xr inetd 8 ,
3c0ef626 807.Xr sftp-server 8
808.Rs
809.%A T. Ylonen
810.%A T. Kivinen
811.%A M. Saarinen
812.%A T. Rinne
813.%A S. Lehtinen
814.%T "SSH Protocol Architecture"
350391c5 815.%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt
816.%D January 2002
3c0ef626 817.%O work in progress material
818.Re
819.Rs
820.%A M. Friedl
821.%A N. Provos
822.%A W. A. Simpson
823.%T "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol"
350391c5 824.%N draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-02.txt
825.%D January 2002
3c0ef626 826.%O work in progress material
827.Re
7cac2b65 828.Sh AUTHORS
829OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
830ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
831Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
832Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
833removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
834created OpenSSH.
835Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
836protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
837Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support
838for privilege separation.
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