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884dc78b | 1 | .\" -*- nroff -*- |
2 | .\" | |
3 | .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> | |
4 | .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland | |
5 | .\" All rights reserved | |
6 | .\" | |
7 | .\" As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software | |
8 | .\" can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this | |
9 | .\" software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is | |
10 | .\" incompatible with the protocol description in the RFC file, it must be | |
11 | .\" called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell". | |
12 | .\" | |
13 | .\" Copyright (c) 1999,2000 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved. | |
14 | .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Aaron Campbell. All rights reserved. | |
15 | .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt. All rights reserved. | |
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d03f4262 | 37 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.5 2002/08/29 22:54:10 stevesk Exp $ |
884dc78b | 38 | .Dd September 25, 1999 |
39 | .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 | |
40 | .Os | |
41 | .Sh NAME | |
42 | .Nm ssh_config | |
43 | .Nd OpenSSH SSH client configuration files | |
44 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
45 | .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact | |
46 | .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/config | |
47 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config | |
48 | .El | |
49 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
50 | .Nm ssh | |
51 | obtains configuration data from the following sources in | |
52 | the following order: | |
d03f4262 | 53 | .Bl -enum -offset indent -compact |
54 | .It | |
55 | command-line options | |
56 | .It | |
44a053a3 | 57 | user's configuration file |
d03f4262 | 58 | .Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config |
59 | .It | |
60 | GSSAPI configuration file (GssapiAuthentication, GssapiDelegateCredentials) | |
61 | .Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config.gssapi | |
62 | .It | |
63 | Kerberos configuration file (KerberosAuthentication, KerberosTgtPassing) | |
64 | .Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config.krb | |
65 | .It | |
66 | AFS configuration file (AfsTokenPassing) | |
67 | .Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config.afs | |
68 | .It | |
69 | system-wide configuration file | |
70 | .Pq Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config | |
44a053a3 | 71 | .El |
884dc78b | 72 | .Pp |
73 | For each parameter, the first obtained value | |
74 | will be used. | |
75 | The configuration files contain sections bracketed by | |
76 | .Dq Host | |
77 | specifications, and that section is only applied for hosts that | |
78 | match one of the patterns given in the specification. | |
79 | The matched host name is the one given on the command line. | |
80 | .Pp | |
81 | Since the first obtained value for each parameter is used, more | |
82 | host-specific declarations should be given near the beginning of the | |
83 | file, and general defaults at the end. | |
84 | .Pp | |
85 | The configuration file has the following format: | |
86 | .Pp | |
87 | Empty lines and lines starting with | |
88 | .Ql # | |
89 | are comments. | |
90 | .Pp | |
91 | Otherwise a line is of the format | |
92 | .Dq keyword arguments . | |
93 | Configuration options may be separated by whitespace or | |
94 | optional whitespace and exactly one | |
95 | .Ql = ; | |
96 | the latter format is useful to avoid the need to quote whitespace | |
97 | when specifying configuration options using the | |
98 | .Nm ssh , | |
99 | .Nm scp | |
100 | and | |
101 | .Nm sftp | |
102 | .Fl o | |
103 | option. | |
104 | .Pp | |
105 | The possible | |
106 | keywords and their meanings are as follows (note that | |
107 | keywords are case-insensitive and arguments are case-sensitive): | |
108 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
109 | .It Cm Host | |
110 | Restricts the following declarations (up to the next | |
111 | .Cm Host | |
112 | keyword) to be only for those hosts that match one of the patterns | |
113 | given after the keyword. | |
114 | .Ql \&* | |
115 | and | |
116 | .Ql ? | |
117 | can be used as wildcards in the | |
118 | patterns. | |
119 | A single | |
120 | .Ql \&* | |
121 | as a pattern can be used to provide global | |
122 | defaults for all hosts. | |
123 | The host is the | |
124 | .Ar hostname | |
125 | argument given on the command line (i.e., the name is not converted to | |
126 | a canonicalized host name before matching). | |
127 | .It Cm AFSTokenPassing | |
128 | Specifies whether to pass AFS tokens to remote host. | |
129 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
130 | .Dq yes | |
131 | or | |
132 | .Dq no . | |
133 | This option applies to protocol version 1 only. | |
134 | .It Cm BatchMode | |
135 | If set to | |
136 | .Dq yes , | |
137 | passphrase/password querying will be disabled. | |
138 | This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user | |
139 | is present to supply the password. | |
140 | The argument must be | |
141 | .Dq yes | |
142 | or | |
143 | .Dq no . | |
144 | The default is | |
145 | .Dq no . | |
146 | .It Cm BindAddress | |
147 | Specify the interface to transmit from on machines with multiple | |
148 | interfaces or aliased addresses. | |
149 | Note that this option does not work if | |
150 | .Cm UsePrivilegedPort | |
151 | is set to | |
152 | .Dq yes . | |
153 | .It Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication | |
154 | Specifies whether to use challenge response authentication. | |
155 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
156 | .Dq yes | |
157 | or | |
158 | .Dq no . | |
159 | The default is | |
160 | .Dq yes . | |
161 | .It Cm CheckHostIP | |
162 | If this flag is set to | |
163 | .Dq yes , | |
164 | ssh will additionally check the host IP address in the | |
165 | .Pa known_hosts | |
166 | file. | |
167 | This allows ssh to detect if a host key changed due to DNS spoofing. | |
168 | If the option is set to | |
169 | .Dq no , | |
170 | the check will not be executed. | |
171 | The default is | |
172 | .Dq yes . | |
173 | .It Cm Cipher | |
174 | Specifies the cipher to use for encrypting the session | |
175 | in protocol version 1. | |
176 | Currently, | |
177 | .Dq blowfish , | |
178 | .Dq 3des , | |
179 | and | |
180 | .Dq des | |
181 | are supported. | |
182 | .Ar des | |
183 | is only supported in the | |
184 | .Nm ssh | |
185 | client for interoperability with legacy protocol 1 implementations | |
186 | that do not support the | |
187 | .Ar 3des | |
188 | cipher. Its use is strongly discouraged due to cryptographic | |
189 | weaknesses. | |
190 | The default is | |
191 | .Dq 3des . | |
192 | .It Cm Ciphers | |
193 | Specifies the ciphers allowed for protocol version 2 | |
194 | in order of preference. | |
195 | Multiple ciphers must be comma-separated. | |
196 | The default is | |
197 | .Pp | |
198 | .Bd -literal | |
199 | ``aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour, | |
200 | aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc'' | |
201 | .Ed | |
202 | .It Cm ClearAllForwardings | |
203 | Specifies that all local, remote and dynamic port forwardings | |
204 | specified in the configuration files or on the command line be | |
205 | cleared. This option is primarily useful when used from the | |
206 | .Nm ssh | |
207 | command line to clear port forwardings set in | |
208 | configuration files, and is automatically set by | |
209 | .Xr scp 1 | |
210 | and | |
211 | .Xr sftp 1 . | |
212 | The argument must be | |
213 | .Dq yes | |
214 | or | |
215 | .Dq no . | |
216 | The default is | |
217 | .Dq no . | |
218 | .It Cm Compression | |
219 | Specifies whether to use compression. | |
220 | The argument must be | |
221 | .Dq yes | |
222 | or | |
223 | .Dq no . | |
224 | The default is | |
225 | .Dq no . | |
226 | .It Cm CompressionLevel | |
227 | Specifies the compression level to use if compression is enabled. | |
228 | The argument must be an integer from 1 (fast) to 9 (slow, best). | |
229 | The default level is 6, which is good for most applications. | |
230 | The meaning of the values is the same as in | |
231 | .Xr gzip 1 . | |
232 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 1 only. | |
233 | .It Cm ConnectionAttempts | |
234 | Specifies the number of tries (one per second) to make before exiting. | |
235 | The argument must be an integer. | |
236 | This may be useful in scripts if the connection sometimes fails. | |
237 | The default is 1. | |
238 | .It Cm DynamicForward | |
239 | Specifies that a TCP/IP port on the local machine be forwarded | |
240 | over the secure channel, and the application | |
241 | protocol is then used to determine where to connect to from the | |
242 | remote machine. The argument must be a port number. | |
243 | Currently the SOCKS4 protocol is supported, and | |
244 | .Nm ssh | |
245 | will act as a SOCKS4 server. | |
246 | Multiple forwardings may be specified, and | |
247 | additional forwardings can be given on the command line. Only | |
248 | the superuser can forward privileged ports. | |
249 | .It Cm EscapeChar | |
250 | Sets the escape character (default: | |
251 | .Ql ~ ) . | |
252 | The escape character can also | |
253 | be set on the command line. | |
254 | The argument should be a single character, | |
255 | .Ql ^ | |
256 | followed by a letter, or | |
257 | .Dq none | |
258 | to disable the escape | |
259 | character entirely (making the connection transparent for binary | |
260 | data). | |
261 | .It Cm ForwardAgent | |
262 | Specifies whether the connection to the authentication agent (if any) | |
263 | will be forwarded to the remote machine. | |
264 | The argument must be | |
265 | .Dq yes | |
266 | or | |
267 | .Dq no . | |
268 | The default is | |
269 | .Dq no . | |
d03f4262 | 270 | .Pp |
271 | Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the | |
272 | ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the agent's | |
273 | Unix-domain socket) can access the local agent through the forwarded | |
274 | connection. An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent, | |
275 | however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to | |
276 | authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent. | |
884dc78b | 277 | .It Cm ForwardX11 |
278 | Specifies whether X11 connections will be automatically redirected | |
279 | over the secure channel and | |
280 | .Ev DISPLAY | |
281 | set. | |
282 | The argument must be | |
283 | .Dq yes | |
284 | or | |
285 | .Dq no . | |
286 | The default is | |
287 | .Dq no . | |
d03f4262 | 288 | .Pp |
289 | X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the ability | |
290 | to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the user's X | |
291 | authorization database) can access the local X11 display through the | |
292 | forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able to perform | |
293 | activities such as keystroke monitoring. | |
884dc78b | 294 | .It Cm GatewayPorts |
295 | Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to local | |
296 | forwarded ports. | |
297 | By default, | |
298 | .Nm ssh | |
299 | binds local port forwardings to the loopback address. This | |
300 | prevents other remote hosts from connecting to forwarded ports. | |
301 | .Cm GatewayPorts | |
302 | can be used to specify that | |
303 | .Nm ssh | |
304 | should bind local port forwardings to the wildcard address, | |
305 | thus allowing remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports. | |
306 | The argument must be | |
307 | .Dq yes | |
308 | or | |
309 | .Dq no . | |
310 | The default is | |
311 | .Dq no . | |
312 | .It Cm GlobalKnownHostsFile | |
313 | Specifies a file to use for the global | |
314 | host key database instead of | |
315 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts . | |
44a053a3 | 316 | .It Cm GssapiAuthentication |
317 | Specifies whether authentication based on GSSAPI may be used, either using | |
318 | the result of a successful key exchange, or using GSSAPI user | |
319 | authentication. | |
320 | The default is | |
321 | .Dq yes . | |
7a056ed1 | 322 | .It Cm GssapiKeyExchange |
323 | Specifies whether key exchange based on GSSAPI may be used. When using | |
324 | GSSAPI key exchange the server need not have a host key. | |
325 | The default is | |
326 | .Dq yes . | |
44a053a3 | 327 | .It Cm GssapiDelegateCredentials |
328 | Specifies whether GSSAPI credentials will be delegated (forwarded) to | |
329 | the server. | |
330 | The default is | |
331 | .Dq yes . | |
884dc78b | 332 | .It Cm HostbasedAuthentication |
333 | Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with public key | |
334 | authentication. | |
335 | The argument must be | |
336 | .Dq yes | |
337 | or | |
338 | .Dq no . | |
339 | The default is | |
340 | .Dq no . | |
341 | This option applies to protocol version 2 only and | |
342 | is similar to | |
343 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication . | |
344 | .It Cm HostKeyAlgorithms | |
345 | Specifies the protocol version 2 host key algorithms | |
346 | that the client wants to use in order of preference. | |
347 | The default for this option is: | |
348 | .Dq ssh-rsa,ssh-dss . | |
349 | .It Cm HostKeyAlias | |
350 | Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the | |
351 | real host name when looking up or saving the host key | |
352 | in the host key database files. | |
353 | This option is useful for tunneling ssh connections | |
354 | or for multiple servers running on a single host. | |
355 | .It Cm HostName | |
356 | Specifies the real host name to log into. | |
357 | This can be used to specify nicknames or abbreviations for hosts. | |
358 | Default is the name given on the command line. | |
359 | Numeric IP addresses are also permitted (both on the command line and in | |
360 | .Cm HostName | |
361 | specifications). | |
362 | .It Cm IdentityFile | |
363 | Specifies a file from which the user's RSA or DSA authentication identity | |
364 | is read. The default is | |
365 | .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity | |
366 | for protocol version 1, and | |
367 | .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa | |
368 | and | |
369 | .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa | |
370 | for protocol version 2. | |
371 | Additionally, any identities represented by the authentication agent | |
372 | will be used for authentication. | |
373 | The file name may use the tilde | |
374 | syntax to refer to a user's home directory. | |
375 | It is possible to have | |
376 | multiple identity files specified in configuration files; all these | |
377 | identities will be tried in sequence. | |
378 | .It Cm KeepAlive | |
379 | Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive messages to the | |
380 | other side. | |
381 | If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one | |
382 | of the machines will be properly noticed. | |
383 | However, this means that | |
384 | connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people | |
385 | find it annoying. | |
386 | .Pp | |
387 | The default is | |
388 | .Dq yes | |
389 | (to send keepalives), and the client will notice | |
390 | if the network goes down or the remote host dies. | |
391 | This is important in scripts, and many users want it too. | |
392 | .Pp | |
393 | To disable keepalives, the value should be set to | |
394 | .Dq no . | |
395 | .It Cm KerberosAuthentication | |
396 | Specifies whether Kerberos authentication will be used. | |
397 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
398 | .Dq yes | |
399 | or | |
400 | .Dq no . | |
401 | .It Cm KerberosTgtPassing | |
402 | Specifies whether a Kerberos TGT will be forwarded to the server. | |
403 | This will only work if the Kerberos server is actually an AFS kaserver. | |
404 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
405 | .Dq yes | |
406 | or | |
407 | .Dq no . | |
408 | .It Cm LocalForward | |
409 | Specifies that a TCP/IP port on the local machine be forwarded over | |
410 | the secure channel to the specified host and port from the remote machine. | |
411 | The first argument must be a port number, and the second must be | |
412 | .Ar host:port . | |
413 | IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax: | |
414 | .Ar host/port . | |
415 | Multiple forwardings may be specified, and additional | |
416 | forwardings can be given on the command line. | |
417 | Only the superuser can forward privileged ports. | |
418 | .It Cm LogLevel | |
419 | Gives the verbosity level that is used when logging messages from | |
420 | .Nm ssh . | |
421 | The possible values are: | |
422 | QUIET, FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2 and DEBUG3. | |
423 | The default is INFO. DEBUG and DEBUG1 are equivalent. DEBUG2 | |
424 | and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels of verbose output. | |
425 | .It Cm MACs | |
426 | Specifies the MAC (message authentication code) algorithms | |
427 | in order of preference. | |
428 | The MAC algorithm is used in protocol version 2 | |
429 | for data integrity protection. | |
430 | Multiple algorithms must be comma-separated. | |
431 | The default is | |
432 | .Dq hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96 . | |
433 | .It Cm NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost | |
434 | This option can be used if the home directory is shared across machines. | |
435 | In this case localhost will refer to a different machine on each of | |
436 | the machines and the user will get many warnings about changed host keys. | |
437 | However, this option disables host authentication for localhost. | |
438 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
439 | .Dq yes | |
440 | or | |
441 | .Dq no . | |
442 | The default is to check the host key for localhost. | |
443 | .It Cm NumberOfPasswordPrompts | |
444 | Specifies the number of password prompts before giving up. | |
445 | The argument to this keyword must be an integer. | |
446 | Default is 3. | |
447 | .It Cm PasswordAuthentication | |
448 | Specifies whether to use password authentication. | |
449 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
450 | .Dq yes | |
451 | or | |
452 | .Dq no . | |
453 | The default is | |
454 | .Dq yes . | |
455 | .It Cm Port | |
456 | Specifies the port number to connect on the remote host. | |
457 | Default is 22. | |
458 | .It Cm PreferredAuthentications | |
459 | Specifies the order in which the client should try protocol 2 | |
460 | authentication methods. This allows a client to prefer one method (e.g. | |
461 | .Cm keyboard-interactive ) | |
462 | over another method (e.g. | |
463 | .Cm password ) | |
464 | The default for this option is: | |
44a053a3 | 465 | .Dq hostbased,external-keyx,gssapi,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password . |
884dc78b | 466 | .It Cm Protocol |
467 | Specifies the protocol versions | |
468 | .Nm ssh | |
469 | should support in order of preference. | |
470 | The possible values are | |
471 | .Dq 1 | |
472 | and | |
473 | .Dq 2 . | |
474 | Multiple versions must be comma-separated. | |
475 | The default is | |
476 | .Dq 2,1 . | |
477 | This means that | |
478 | .Nm ssh | |
479 | tries version 2 and falls back to version 1 | |
480 | if version 2 is not available. | |
481 | .It Cm ProxyCommand | |
482 | Specifies the command to use to connect to the server. | |
483 | The command | |
484 | string extends to the end of the line, and is executed with | |
485 | .Pa /bin/sh . | |
486 | In the command string, | |
487 | .Ql %h | |
488 | will be substituted by the host name to | |
489 | connect and | |
490 | .Ql %p | |
491 | by the port. | |
492 | The command can be basically anything, | |
493 | and should read from its standard input and write to its standard output. | |
494 | It should eventually connect an | |
495 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
496 | server running on some machine, or execute | |
497 | .Ic sshd -i | |
498 | somewhere. | |
499 | Host key management will be done using the | |
500 | HostName of the host being connected (defaulting to the name typed by | |
501 | the user). | |
502 | Note that | |
503 | .Cm CheckHostIP | |
504 | is not available for connects with a proxy command. | |
505 | .Pp | |
506 | .It Cm PubkeyAuthentication | |
507 | Specifies whether to try public key authentication. | |
508 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
509 | .Dq yes | |
510 | or | |
511 | .Dq no . | |
512 | The default is | |
513 | .Dq yes . | |
514 | This option applies to protocol version 2 only. | |
515 | .It Cm RemoteForward | |
516 | Specifies that a TCP/IP port on the remote machine be forwarded over | |
517 | the secure channel to the specified host and port from the local machine. | |
518 | The first argument must be a port number, and the second must be | |
519 | .Ar host:port . | |
520 | IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax: | |
521 | .Ar host/port . | |
522 | Multiple forwardings may be specified, and additional | |
523 | forwardings can be given on the command line. | |
524 | Only the superuser can forward privileged ports. | |
525 | .It Cm RhostsAuthentication | |
526 | Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication. | |
527 | Note that this | |
528 | declaration only affects the client side and has no effect whatsoever | |
529 | on security. | |
530 | Most servers do not permit RhostsAuthentication because it | |
531 | is not secure (see | |
532 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ) . | |
533 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
534 | .Dq yes | |
535 | or | |
536 | .Dq no . | |
537 | The default is | |
538 | .Dq no . | |
d03f4262 | 539 | This option applies to protocol version 1 only and requires |
540 | .Nm ssh | |
541 | to be setuid root and | |
542 | .Cm UsePrivilegedPort | |
543 | to be set to | |
544 | .Dq yes . | |
884dc78b | 545 | .It Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication |
546 | Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with RSA host | |
547 | authentication. | |
548 | The argument must be | |
549 | .Dq yes | |
550 | or | |
551 | .Dq no . | |
552 | The default is | |
553 | .Dq no . | |
554 | This option applies to protocol version 1 only and requires | |
555 | .Nm ssh | |
556 | to be setuid root. | |
557 | .It Cm RSAAuthentication | |
558 | Specifies whether to try RSA authentication. | |
559 | The argument to this keyword must be | |
560 | .Dq yes | |
561 | or | |
562 | .Dq no . | |
563 | RSA authentication will only be | |
564 | attempted if the identity file exists, or an authentication agent is | |
565 | running. | |
566 | The default is | |
567 | .Dq yes . | |
568 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 1 only. | |
569 | .It Cm SmartcardDevice | |
570 | Specifies which smartcard device to use. The argument to this keyword is | |
571 | the device | |
572 | .Nm ssh | |
573 | should use to communicate with a smartcard used for storing the user's | |
574 | private RSA key. By default, no device is specified and smartcard support | |
575 | is not activated. | |
576 | .It Cm StrictHostKeyChecking | |
577 | If this flag is set to | |
578 | .Dq yes , | |
579 | .Nm ssh | |
580 | will never automatically add host keys to the | |
581 | .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts | |
582 | file, and refuses to connect to hosts whose host key has changed. | |
583 | This provides maximum protection against trojan horse attacks, | |
584 | however, can be annoying when the | |
585 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts | |
586 | file is poorly maintained, or connections to new hosts are | |
587 | frequently made. | |
588 | This option forces the user to manually | |
589 | add all new hosts. | |
590 | If this flag is set to | |
591 | .Dq no , | |
592 | .Nm ssh | |
593 | will automatically add new host keys to the | |
594 | user known hosts files. | |
595 | If this flag is set to | |
596 | .Dq ask , | |
597 | new host keys | |
598 | will be added to the user known host files only after the user | |
599 | has confirmed that is what they really want to do, and | |
600 | .Nm ssh | |
601 | will refuse to connect to hosts whose host key has changed. | |
602 | The host keys of | |
603 | known hosts will be verified automatically in all cases. | |
604 | The argument must be | |
605 | .Dq yes , | |
606 | .Dq no | |
607 | or | |
608 | .Dq ask . | |
609 | The default is | |
610 | .Dq ask . | |
611 | .It Cm UsePrivilegedPort | |
612 | Specifies whether to use a privileged port for outgoing connections. | |
613 | The argument must be | |
614 | .Dq yes | |
615 | or | |
616 | .Dq no . | |
617 | The default is | |
618 | .Dq no . | |
d03f4262 | 619 | If set to |
620 | .Dq yes | |
621 | .Nm ssh | |
622 | must be setuid root. | |
884dc78b | 623 | Note that this option must be set to |
624 | .Dq yes | |
625 | if | |
626 | .Cm RhostsAuthentication | |
627 | and | |
628 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication | |
629 | authentications are needed with older servers. | |
630 | .It Cm User | |
631 | Specifies the user to log in as. | |
632 | This can be useful when a different user name is used on different machines. | |
633 | This saves the trouble of | |
634 | having to remember to give the user name on the command line. | |
635 | .It Cm UserKnownHostsFile | |
636 | Specifies a file to use for the user | |
637 | host key database instead of | |
638 | .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts . | |
639 | .It Cm XAuthLocation | |
d03f4262 | 640 | Specifies the full pathname of the |
884dc78b | 641 | .Xr xauth 1 |
642 | program. | |
643 | The default is | |
644 | .Pa /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth . | |
645 | .El | |
646 | .Sh FILES | |
647 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
648 | .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/config | |
649 | This is the per-user configuration file. | |
650 | The format of this file is described above. | |
651 | This file is used by the | |
652 | .Nm ssh | |
653 | client. | |
654 | This file does not usually contain any sensitive information, | |
655 | but the recommended permissions are read/write for the user, and not | |
656 | accessible by others. | |
657 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config | |
658 | Systemwide configuration file. | |
659 | This file provides defaults for those | |
660 | values that are not specified in the user's configuration file, and | |
661 | for those users who do not have a configuration file. | |
662 | This file must be world-readable. | |
663 | .El | |
664 | .Sh AUTHORS | |
665 | OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free | |
666 | ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. | |
667 | Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, | |
668 | Theo de Raadt and Dug Song | |
669 | removed many bugs, re-added newer features and | |
670 | created OpenSSH. | |
671 | Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH | |
672 | protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. | |
673 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
674 | .Xr ssh 1 |