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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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e74dc197 | 37 | .\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.84 2008/03/25 11:58:02 djm Exp $ |
38 | .Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2008 $ | |
884dc78b | 39 | .Dt SSHD_CONFIG 5 |
40 | .Os | |
41 | .Sh NAME | |
42 | .Nm sshd_config | |
43 | .Nd OpenSSH SSH daemon configuration file | |
44 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
0b90ac93 | 45 | .Nm /etc/ssh/sshd_config |
884dc78b | 46 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
30460aeb | 47 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 48 | reads configuration data from |
49 | .Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config | |
50 | (or the file specified with | |
51 | .Fl f | |
52 | on the command line). | |
53 | The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line. | |
54 | Lines starting with | |
55 | .Ql # | |
56 | and empty lines are interpreted as comments. | |
30460aeb | 57 | Arguments may optionally be enclosed in double quotes |
58 | .Pq \&" | |
59 | in order to represent arguments containing spaces. | |
884dc78b | 60 | .Pp |
61 | The possible | |
62 | keywords and their meanings are as follows (note that | |
63 | keywords are case-insensitive and arguments are case-sensitive): | |
64 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
7e82606e | 65 | .It Cm AcceptEnv |
66 | Specifies what environment variables sent by the client will be copied into | |
67 | the session's | |
68 | .Xr environ 7 . | |
69 | See | |
70 | .Cm SendEnv | |
71 | in | |
72 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
73 | for how to configure the client. | |
74 | Note that environment passing is only supported for protocol 2. | |
75 | Variables are specified by name, which may contain the wildcard characters | |
30460aeb | 76 | .Ql * |
7e82606e | 77 | and |
78 | .Ql \&? . | |
79 | Multiple environment variables may be separated by whitespace or spread | |
80 | across multiple | |
81 | .Cm AcceptEnv | |
82 | directives. | |
83 | Be warned that some environment variables could be used to bypass restricted | |
84 | user environments. | |
85 | For this reason, care should be taken in the use of this directive. | |
86 | The default is not to accept any environment variables. | |
dfddba3d | 87 | .It Cm AddressFamily |
88 | Specifies which address family should be used by | |
30460aeb | 89 | .Xr sshd 8 . |
dfddba3d | 90 | Valid arguments are |
91 | .Dq any , | |
92 | .Dq inet | |
30460aeb | 93 | (use IPv4 only), or |
dfddba3d | 94 | .Dq inet6 |
95 | (use IPv6 only). | |
96 | The default is | |
97 | .Dq any . | |
884dc78b | 98 | .It Cm AllowGroups |
99 | This keyword can be followed by a list of group name patterns, separated | |
100 | by spaces. | |
101 | If specified, login is allowed only for users whose primary | |
102 | group or supplementary group list matches one of the patterns. | |
884dc78b | 103 | Only group names are valid; a numerical group ID is not recognized. |
104 | By default, login is allowed for all groups. | |
30460aeb | 105 | The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order: |
106 | .Cm DenyUsers , | |
107 | .Cm AllowUsers , | |
108 | .Cm DenyGroups , | |
109 | and finally | |
110 | .Cm AllowGroups . | |
111 | .Pp | |
112 | See | |
113 | .Sx PATTERNS | |
114 | in | |
115 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
116 | for more information on patterns. | |
884dc78b | 117 | .It Cm AllowTcpForwarding |
118 | Specifies whether TCP forwarding is permitted. | |
119 | The default is | |
120 | .Dq yes . | |
121 | Note that disabling TCP forwarding does not improve security unless | |
122 | users are also denied shell access, as they can always install their | |
123 | own forwarders. | |
884dc78b | 124 | .It Cm AllowUsers |
125 | This keyword can be followed by a list of user name patterns, separated | |
126 | by spaces. | |
bfe49944 | 127 | If specified, login is allowed only for user names that |
884dc78b | 128 | match one of the patterns. |
884dc78b | 129 | Only user names are valid; a numerical user ID is not recognized. |
130 | By default, login is allowed for all users. | |
131 | If the pattern takes the form USER@HOST then USER and HOST | |
132 | are separately checked, restricting logins to particular | |
133 | users from particular hosts. | |
30460aeb | 134 | The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order: |
135 | .Cm DenyUsers , | |
136 | .Cm AllowUsers , | |
137 | .Cm DenyGroups , | |
138 | and finally | |
139 | .Cm AllowGroups . | |
140 | .Pp | |
141 | See | |
142 | .Sx PATTERNS | |
143 | in | |
144 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
145 | for more information on patterns. | |
884dc78b | 146 | .It Cm AuthorizedKeysFile |
147 | Specifies the file that contains the public keys that can be used | |
148 | for user authentication. | |
149 | .Cm AuthorizedKeysFile | |
150 | may contain tokens of the form %T which are substituted during connection | |
30460aeb | 151 | setup. |
7cac2b65 | 152 | The following tokens are defined: %% is replaced by a literal '%', |
30460aeb | 153 | %h is replaced by the home directory of the user being authenticated, and |
884dc78b | 154 | %u is replaced by the username of that user. |
155 | After expansion, | |
156 | .Cm AuthorizedKeysFile | |
157 | is taken to be an absolute path or one relative to the user's home | |
158 | directory. | |
159 | The default is | |
160 | .Dq .ssh/authorized_keys . | |
161 | .It Cm Banner | |
884dc78b | 162 | The contents of the specified file are sent to the remote user before |
163 | authentication is allowed. | |
e74dc197 | 164 | If the argument is |
165 | .Dq none | |
166 | then no banner is displayed. | |
884dc78b | 167 | This option is only available for protocol version 2. |
168 | By default, no banner is displayed. | |
884dc78b | 169 | .It Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication |
30460aeb | 170 | Specifies whether challenge-response authentication is allowed. |
884dc78b | 171 | All authentication styles from |
172 | .Xr login.conf 5 | |
173 | are supported. | |
174 | The default is | |
175 | .Dq yes . | |
e74dc197 | 176 | .It Cm ChrootDirectory |
177 | Specifies a path to | |
178 | .Xr chroot 2 | |
179 | to after authentication. | |
180 | This path, and all its components, must be root-owned directories that are | |
181 | not writable by any other user or group. | |
182 | .Pp | |
183 | The path may contain the following tokens that are expanded at runtime once | |
184 | the connecting user has been authenticated: %% is replaced by a literal '%', | |
185 | %h is replaced by the home directory of the user being authenticated, and | |
186 | %u is replaced by the username of that user. | |
187 | .Pp | |
188 | The | |
189 | .Cm ChrootDirectory | |
190 | must contain the necessary files and directories to support the | |
191 | users' session. | |
192 | For an interactive session this requires at least a shell, typically | |
193 | .Xr sh 1 , | |
194 | and basic | |
195 | .Pa /dev | |
196 | nodes such as | |
197 | .Xr null 4 , | |
198 | .Xr zero 4 , | |
199 | .Xr stdin 4 , | |
200 | .Xr stdout 4 , | |
201 | .Xr stderr 4 , | |
202 | .Xr arandom 4 | |
203 | and | |
204 | .Xr tty 4 | |
205 | devices. | |
206 | For file transfer sessions using | |
207 | .Dq sftp , | |
208 | no additional configuration of the environment is necessary if the | |
209 | in-process sftp server is used (see | |
210 | .Cm Subsystem | |
211 | for details). | |
212 | .Pp | |
213 | The default is not to | |
214 | .Xr chroot 2 . | |
884dc78b | 215 | .It Cm Ciphers |
216 | Specifies the ciphers allowed for protocol version 2. | |
217 | Multiple ciphers must be comma-separated. | |
7e82606e | 218 | The supported ciphers are |
219 | .Dq 3des-cbc , | |
220 | .Dq aes128-cbc , | |
221 | .Dq aes192-cbc , | |
222 | .Dq aes256-cbc , | |
223 | .Dq aes128-ctr , | |
224 | .Dq aes192-ctr , | |
225 | .Dq aes256-ctr , | |
2ce0bfe4 | 226 | .Dq arcfour128 , |
227 | .Dq arcfour256 , | |
7e82606e | 228 | .Dq arcfour , |
229 | .Dq blowfish-cbc , | |
230 | and | |
231 | .Dq cast128-cbc . | |
30460aeb | 232 | The default is: |
233 | .Bd -literal -offset 3n | |
234 | aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128, | |
235 | arcfour256,arcfour,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,aes128-ctr, | |
236 | aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr | |
884dc78b | 237 | .Ed |
884dc78b | 238 | .It Cm ClientAliveCountMax |
08822d99 | 239 | Sets the number of client alive messages (see below) which may be |
884dc78b | 240 | sent without |
30460aeb | 241 | .Xr sshd 8 |
7cac2b65 | 242 | receiving any messages back from the client. |
243 | If this threshold is reached while client alive messages are being sent, | |
30460aeb | 244 | sshd will disconnect the client, terminating the session. |
7cac2b65 | 245 | It is important to note that the use of client alive messages is very |
246 | different from | |
540d72c3 | 247 | .Cm TCPKeepAlive |
7cac2b65 | 248 | (below). |
249 | The client alive messages are sent through the encrypted channel | |
250 | and therefore will not be spoofable. | |
251 | The TCP keepalive option enabled by | |
540d72c3 | 252 | .Cm TCPKeepAlive |
7cac2b65 | 253 | is spoofable. |
254 | The client alive mechanism is valuable when the client or | |
884dc78b | 255 | server depend on knowing when a connection has become inactive. |
256 | .Pp | |
7cac2b65 | 257 | The default value is 3. |
258 | If | |
884dc78b | 259 | .Cm ClientAliveInterval |
08822d99 | 260 | (see below) is set to 15, and |
884dc78b | 261 | .Cm ClientAliveCountMax |
30460aeb | 262 | is left at the default, unresponsive SSH clients |
884dc78b | 263 | will be disconnected after approximately 45 seconds. |
30460aeb | 264 | This option applies to protocol version 2 only. |
2ce0bfe4 | 265 | .It Cm ClientAliveInterval |
266 | Sets a timeout interval in seconds after which if no data has been received | |
267 | from the client, | |
30460aeb | 268 | .Xr sshd 8 |
2ce0bfe4 | 269 | will send a message through the encrypted |
270 | channel to request a response from the client. | |
271 | The default | |
272 | is 0, indicating that these messages will not be sent to the client. | |
273 | This option applies to protocol version 2 only. | |
884dc78b | 274 | .It Cm Compression |
2ce0bfe4 | 275 | Specifies whether compression is allowed, or delayed until |
276 | the user has authenticated successfully. | |
884dc78b | 277 | The argument must be |
2ce0bfe4 | 278 | .Dq yes , |
279 | .Dq delayed , | |
884dc78b | 280 | or |
281 | .Dq no . | |
282 | The default is | |
2ce0bfe4 | 283 | .Dq delayed . |
884dc78b | 284 | .It Cm DenyGroups |
285 | This keyword can be followed by a list of group name patterns, separated | |
286 | by spaces. | |
287 | Login is disallowed for users whose primary group or supplementary | |
288 | group list matches one of the patterns. | |
884dc78b | 289 | Only group names are valid; a numerical group ID is not recognized. |
290 | By default, login is allowed for all groups. | |
30460aeb | 291 | The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order: |
292 | .Cm DenyUsers , | |
293 | .Cm AllowUsers , | |
294 | .Cm DenyGroups , | |
295 | and finally | |
296 | .Cm AllowGroups . | |
297 | .Pp | |
298 | See | |
299 | .Sx PATTERNS | |
300 | in | |
301 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
302 | for more information on patterns. | |
884dc78b | 303 | .It Cm DenyUsers |
304 | This keyword can be followed by a list of user name patterns, separated | |
305 | by spaces. | |
306 | Login is disallowed for user names that match one of the patterns. | |
884dc78b | 307 | Only user names are valid; a numerical user ID is not recognized. |
308 | By default, login is allowed for all users. | |
309 | If the pattern takes the form USER@HOST then USER and HOST | |
310 | are separately checked, restricting logins to particular | |
311 | users from particular hosts. | |
30460aeb | 312 | The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order: |
313 | .Cm DenyUsers , | |
314 | .Cm AllowUsers , | |
315 | .Cm DenyGroups , | |
316 | and finally | |
317 | .Cm AllowGroups . | |
318 | .Pp | |
319 | See | |
320 | .Sx PATTERNS | |
321 | in | |
322 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
323 | for more information on patterns. | |
324 | .It Cm ForceCommand | |
325 | Forces the execution of the command specified by | |
326 | .Cm ForceCommand , | |
e74dc197 | 327 | ignoring any command supplied by the client and |
328 | .Pa ~/.ssh/rc | |
329 | if present. | |
30460aeb | 330 | The command is invoked by using the user's login shell with the -c option. |
331 | This applies to shell, command, or subsystem execution. | |
332 | It is most useful inside a | |
333 | .Cm Match | |
334 | block. | |
335 | The command originally supplied by the client is available in the | |
336 | .Ev SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND | |
337 | environment variable. | |
e74dc197 | 338 | Specifying a command of |
339 | .Dq internal-sftp | |
340 | will force the use of an in-process sftp server that requires no support | |
341 | files when used with | |
342 | .Cm ChrootDirectory . | |
884dc78b | 343 | .It Cm GatewayPorts |
344 | Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to ports | |
345 | forwarded for the client. | |
346 | By default, | |
30460aeb | 347 | .Xr sshd 8 |
bfe49944 | 348 | binds remote port forwardings to the loopback address. |
349 | This prevents other remote hosts from connecting to forwarded ports. | |
884dc78b | 350 | .Cm GatewayPorts |
30460aeb | 351 | can be used to specify that sshd |
dfddba3d | 352 | should allow remote port forwardings to bind to non-loopback addresses, thus |
353 | allowing other hosts to connect. | |
354 | The argument may be | |
355 | .Dq no | |
356 | to force remote port forwardings to be available to the local host only, | |
884dc78b | 357 | .Dq yes |
dfddba3d | 358 | to force remote port forwardings to bind to the wildcard address, or |
359 | .Dq clientspecified | |
360 | to allow the client to select the address to which the forwarding is bound. | |
884dc78b | 361 | The default is |
362 | .Dq no . | |
7cac2b65 | 363 | .It Cm GSSAPIAuthentication |
364 | Specifies whether user authentication based on GSSAPI is allowed. | |
540d72c3 | 365 | The default is |
c5448518 | 366 | .Dq yes . |
7cac2b65 | 367 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only. |
c5448518 | 368 | .It Cm GSSAPIKeyExchange |
fe4ad273 | 369 | Specifies whether key exchange based on GSSAPI is allowed. GSSAPI key exchange |
370 | doesn't rely on ssh keys to verify host identity. | |
44a053a3 | 371 | The default is |
372 | .Dq yes . | |
c5448518 | 373 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only. |
fe4ad273 | 374 | .It Cm GSSAPICleanupCredentials |
375 | Specifies whether to automatically destroy the user's credentials cache | |
376 | on logout. | |
44a053a3 | 377 | The default is |
378 | .Dq yes . | |
c5448518 | 379 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only. |
f713db99 | 380 | .It Cm GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck |
381 | Determines whether to be strict about the identity of the GSSAPI acceptor | |
382 | a client authenticates against. If | |
383 | .Dq yes | |
384 | then the client must authenticate against the | |
385 | .Pa host | |
386 | service on the current hostname. If | |
387 | .Dq no | |
388 | then the client may authenticate against any service key stored in the | |
389 | machine's default store. This facility is provided to assist with operation | |
390 | on multi homed machines. | |
391 | The default is | |
392 | .Dq yes . | |
393 | Note that this option applies only to protocol version 2 GSSAPI connections, | |
394 | and setting it to | |
395 | .Dq no | |
396 | may only work with recent Kerberos GSSAPI libraries. | |
ae82558b | 397 | .It Cm GSSAPICredentialsPath |
398 | If specified, the delegated GSSAPI credential is stored in the | |
399 | given path, overwriting any existing credentials. | |
400 | Paths can be specified with syntax similar to the AuthorizedKeysFile | |
401 | option (i.e., accepting %h and %u tokens). | |
402 | When using this option, | |
403 | setting 'GssapiCleanupCredentials no' is recommended, | |
404 | so logging out of one session | |
405 | doesn't remove the credentials in use by another session of | |
406 | the same user. | |
407 | Currently only implemented for the GSI mechanism. | |
826a9049 | 408 | .It Cm GSIAllowLimitedProxy |
409 | Specifies whether to accept limited proxy credentials for | |
410 | authentication. | |
411 | The default is | |
412 | .Dq no . | |
c5448518 | 413 | .It Cm HostbasedAuthentication |
414 | Specifies whether rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv authentication together | |
415 | with successful public key client host authentication is allowed | |
30460aeb | 416 | (host-based authentication). |
c5448518 | 417 | This option is similar to |
418 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication | |
419 | and applies to protocol version 2 only. | |
52b36949 | 420 | The default is |
c5448518 | 421 | .Dq no . |
30460aeb | 422 | .It Cm HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly |
423 | Specifies whether or not the server will attempt to perform a reverse | |
424 | name lookup when matching the name in the | |
425 | .Pa ~/.shosts , | |
426 | .Pa ~/.rhosts , | |
427 | and | |
428 | .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv | |
429 | files during | |
430 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication . | |
431 | A setting of | |
432 | .Dq yes | |
433 | means that | |
434 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
435 | uses the name supplied by the client rather than | |
436 | attempting to resolve the name from the TCP connection itself. | |
437 | The default is | |
438 | .Dq no . | |
884dc78b | 439 | .It Cm HostKey |
440 | Specifies a file containing a private host key | |
441 | used by SSH. | |
442 | The default is | |
443 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key | |
444 | for protocol version 1, and | |
445 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key | |
446 | and | |
447 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key | |
448 | for protocol version 2. | |
449 | Note that | |
30460aeb | 450 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 451 | will refuse to use a file if it is group/world-accessible. |
452 | It is possible to have multiple host key files. | |
453 | .Dq rsa1 | |
454 | keys are used for version 1 and | |
455 | .Dq dsa | |
456 | or | |
457 | .Dq rsa | |
458 | are used for version 2 of the SSH protocol. | |
459 | .It Cm IgnoreRhosts | |
460 | Specifies that | |
461 | .Pa .rhosts | |
462 | and | |
463 | .Pa .shosts | |
464 | files will not be used in | |
884dc78b | 465 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication |
466 | or | |
467 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication . | |
468 | .Pp | |
469 | .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv | |
470 | and | |
471 | .Pa /etc/shosts.equiv | |
472 | are still used. | |
473 | The default is | |
474 | .Dq yes . | |
475 | .It Cm IgnoreUserKnownHosts | |
476 | Specifies whether | |
30460aeb | 477 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 478 | should ignore the user's |
2ce0bfe4 | 479 | .Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts |
884dc78b | 480 | during |
481 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication | |
482 | or | |
483 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication . | |
484 | The default is | |
485 | .Dq no . | |
884dc78b | 486 | .It Cm KerberosAuthentication |
7cac2b65 | 487 | Specifies whether the password provided by the user for |
884dc78b | 488 | .Cm PasswordAuthentication |
7cac2b65 | 489 | will be validated through the Kerberos KDC. |
884dc78b | 490 | To use this option, the server needs a |
491 | Kerberos servtab which allows the verification of the KDC's identity. | |
30460aeb | 492 | The default is |
884dc78b | 493 | .Dq no . |
12a403af | 494 | .It Cm KerberosGetAFSToken |
08822d99 | 495 | If AFS is active and the user has a Kerberos 5 TGT, attempt to acquire |
12a403af | 496 | an AFS token before accessing the user's home directory. |
30460aeb | 497 | The default is |
12a403af | 498 | .Dq no . |
884dc78b | 499 | .It Cm KerberosOrLocalPasswd |
30460aeb | 500 | If password authentication through Kerberos fails then |
884dc78b | 501 | the password will be validated via any additional local mechanism |
502 | such as | |
503 | .Pa /etc/passwd . | |
30460aeb | 504 | The default is |
884dc78b | 505 | .Dq yes . |
884dc78b | 506 | .It Cm KerberosTicketCleanup |
507 | Specifies whether to automatically destroy the user's ticket cache | |
508 | file on logout. | |
30460aeb | 509 | The default is |
884dc78b | 510 | .Dq yes . |
511 | .It Cm KeyRegenerationInterval | |
512 | In protocol version 1, the ephemeral server key is automatically regenerated | |
513 | after this many seconds (if it has been used). | |
514 | The purpose of regeneration is to prevent | |
515 | decrypting captured sessions by later breaking into the machine and | |
516 | stealing the keys. | |
517 | The key is never stored anywhere. | |
518 | If the value is 0, the key is never regenerated. | |
519 | The default is 3600 (seconds). | |
520 | .It Cm ListenAddress | |
521 | Specifies the local addresses | |
30460aeb | 522 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 523 | should listen on. |
524 | The following forms may be used: | |
525 | .Pp | |
526 | .Bl -item -offset indent -compact | |
527 | .It | |
528 | .Cm ListenAddress | |
529 | .Sm off | |
530 | .Ar host No | Ar IPv4_addr No | Ar IPv6_addr | |
531 | .Sm on | |
532 | .It | |
533 | .Cm ListenAddress | |
534 | .Sm off | |
535 | .Ar host No | Ar IPv4_addr No : Ar port | |
536 | .Sm on | |
537 | .It | |
538 | .Cm ListenAddress | |
539 | .Sm off | |
540 | .Oo | |
541 | .Ar host No | Ar IPv6_addr Oc : Ar port | |
542 | .Sm on | |
543 | .El | |
544 | .Pp | |
545 | If | |
546 | .Ar port | |
547 | is not specified, | |
30460aeb | 548 | sshd will listen on the address and all prior |
884dc78b | 549 | .Cm Port |
7cac2b65 | 550 | options specified. |
551 | The default is to listen on all local addresses. | |
bfe49944 | 552 | Multiple |
884dc78b | 553 | .Cm ListenAddress |
7cac2b65 | 554 | options are permitted. |
555 | Additionally, any | |
884dc78b | 556 | .Cm Port |
30460aeb | 557 | options must precede this option for non-port qualified addresses. |
884dc78b | 558 | .It Cm LoginGraceTime |
559 | The server disconnects after this time if the user has not | |
560 | successfully logged in. | |
561 | If the value is 0, there is no time limit. | |
d03f4262 | 562 | The default is 120 seconds. |
884dc78b | 563 | .It Cm LogLevel |
564 | Gives the verbosity level that is used when logging messages from | |
30460aeb | 565 | .Xr sshd 8 . |
884dc78b | 566 | The possible values are: |
30460aeb | 567 | QUIET, FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2, and DEBUG3. |
bfe49944 | 568 | The default is INFO. |
569 | DEBUG and DEBUG1 are equivalent. | |
570 | DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels of debugging output. | |
571 | Logging with a DEBUG level violates the privacy of users and is not recommended. | |
884dc78b | 572 | .It Cm MACs |
573 | Specifies the available MAC (message authentication code) algorithms. | |
574 | The MAC algorithm is used in protocol version 2 | |
575 | for data integrity protection. | |
576 | Multiple algorithms must be comma-separated. | |
30460aeb | 577 | The default is: |
fa0f0f45 | 578 | .Bd -literal -offset indent |
579 | hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com, | |
580 | hmac-ripemd160,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96 | |
581 | .Ed | |
30460aeb | 582 | .It Cm Match |
583 | Introduces a conditional block. | |
584 | If all of the criteria on the | |
585 | .Cm Match | |
586 | line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those | |
587 | set in the global section of the config file, until either another | |
588 | .Cm Match | |
589 | line or the end of the file. | |
590 | The arguments to | |
591 | .Cm Match | |
592 | are one or more criteria-pattern pairs. | |
593 | The available criteria are | |
594 | .Cm User , | |
595 | .Cm Group , | |
596 | .Cm Host , | |
597 | and | |
598 | .Cm Address . | |
599 | Only a subset of keywords may be used on the lines following a | |
600 | .Cm Match | |
601 | keyword. | |
602 | Available keywords are | |
603 | .Cm AllowTcpForwarding , | |
0b90ac93 | 604 | .Cm Banner , |
30460aeb | 605 | .Cm ForceCommand , |
606 | .Cm GatewayPorts , | |
0b90ac93 | 607 | .Cm GSSApiAuthentication , |
608 | .Cm KbdInteractiveAuthentication , | |
609 | .Cm KerberosAuthentication , | |
610 | .Cm PasswordAuthentication , | |
30460aeb | 611 | .Cm PermitOpen , |
e74dc197 | 612 | .Cm PermitRootLogin , |
0b90ac93 | 613 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication , |
614 | .Cm RSAAuthentication , | |
30460aeb | 615 | .Cm X11DisplayOffset , |
616 | .Cm X11Forwarding , | |
617 | and | |
618 | .Cm X11UseLocalHost . | |
7e82606e | 619 | .It Cm MaxAuthTries |
620 | Specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted per | |
621 | connection. | |
622 | Once the number of failures reaches half this value, | |
623 | additional failures are logged. | |
624 | The default is 6. | |
884dc78b | 625 | .It Cm MaxStartups |
626 | Specifies the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections to the | |
30460aeb | 627 | SSH daemon. |
884dc78b | 628 | Additional connections will be dropped until authentication succeeds or the |
629 | .Cm LoginGraceTime | |
630 | expires for a connection. | |
631 | The default is 10. | |
632 | .Pp | |
633 | Alternatively, random early drop can be enabled by specifying | |
634 | the three colon separated values | |
635 | .Dq start:rate:full | |
30460aeb | 636 | (e.g. "10:30:60"). |
637 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
884dc78b | 638 | will refuse connection attempts with a probability of |
639 | .Dq rate/100 | |
640 | (30%) | |
641 | if there are currently | |
642 | .Dq start | |
643 | (10) | |
644 | unauthenticated connections. | |
645 | The probability increases linearly and all connection attempts | |
646 | are refused if the number of unauthenticated connections reaches | |
647 | .Dq full | |
648 | (60). | |
649 | .It Cm PasswordAuthentication | |
650 | Specifies whether password authentication is allowed. | |
651 | The default is | |
652 | .Dq yes . | |
653 | .It Cm PermitEmptyPasswords | |
654 | When password authentication is allowed, it specifies whether the | |
655 | server allows login to accounts with empty password strings. | |
656 | The default is | |
657 | .Dq no . | |
30460aeb | 658 | .It Cm PermitOpen |
659 | Specifies the destinations to which TCP port forwarding is permitted. | |
660 | The forwarding specification must be one of the following forms: | |
661 | .Pp | |
662 | .Bl -item -offset indent -compact | |
663 | .It | |
664 | .Cm PermitOpen | |
665 | .Sm off | |
666 | .Ar host : port | |
667 | .Sm on | |
668 | .It | |
669 | .Cm PermitOpen | |
670 | .Sm off | |
671 | .Ar IPv4_addr : port | |
672 | .Sm on | |
673 | .It | |
674 | .Cm PermitOpen | |
675 | .Sm off | |
676 | .Ar \&[ IPv6_addr \&] : port | |
677 | .Sm on | |
678 | .El | |
679 | .Pp | |
680 | Multiple forwards may be specified by separating them with whitespace. | |
681 | An argument of | |
682 | .Dq any | |
683 | can be used to remove all restrictions and permit any forwarding requests. | |
684 | By default all port forwarding requests are permitted. | |
884dc78b | 685 | .It Cm PermitRootLogin |
dfddba3d | 686 | Specifies whether root can log in using |
884dc78b | 687 | .Xr ssh 1 . |
688 | The argument must be | |
689 | .Dq yes , | |
690 | .Dq without-password , | |
30460aeb | 691 | .Dq forced-commands-only , |
884dc78b | 692 | or |
693 | .Dq no . | |
694 | The default is | |
695 | .Dq yes . | |
696 | .Pp | |
697 | If this option is set to | |
30460aeb | 698 | .Dq without-password , |
dfddba3d | 699 | password authentication is disabled for root. |
884dc78b | 700 | .Pp |
701 | If this option is set to | |
30460aeb | 702 | .Dq forced-commands-only , |
884dc78b | 703 | root login with public key authentication will be allowed, |
704 | but only if the | |
705 | .Ar command | |
706 | option has been specified | |
707 | (which may be useful for taking remote backups even if root login is | |
7cac2b65 | 708 | normally not allowed). |
709 | All other authentication methods are disabled for root. | |
884dc78b | 710 | .Pp |
711 | If this option is set to | |
30460aeb | 712 | .Dq no , |
dfddba3d | 713 | root is not allowed to log in. |
08822d99 | 714 | .It Cm PermitTunnel |
715 | Specifies whether | |
716 | .Xr tun 4 | |
717 | device forwarding is allowed. | |
718 | The argument must be | |
719 | .Dq yes , | |
30460aeb | 720 | .Dq point-to-point |
721 | (layer 3), | |
08822d99 | 722 | .Dq ethernet |
30460aeb | 723 | (layer 2), or |
08822d99 | 724 | .Dq no . |
30460aeb | 725 | Specifying |
726 | .Dq yes | |
727 | permits both | |
728 | .Dq point-to-point | |
729 | and | |
730 | .Dq ethernet . | |
08822d99 | 731 | The default is |
732 | .Dq no . | |
d03f4262 | 733 | .It Cm PermitUserEnvironment |
734 | Specifies whether | |
735 | .Pa ~/.ssh/environment | |
736 | and | |
737 | .Cm environment= | |
738 | options in | |
739 | .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys | |
740 | are processed by | |
30460aeb | 741 | .Xr sshd 8 . |
d03f4262 | 742 | The default is |
743 | .Dq no . | |
744 | Enabling environment processing may enable users to bypass access | |
745 | restrictions in some configurations using mechanisms such as | |
746 | .Ev LD_PRELOAD . | |
884dc78b | 747 | .It Cm PidFile |
276b07a3 | 748 | Specifies the file that contains the process ID of the |
30460aeb | 749 | SSH daemon. |
884dc78b | 750 | The default is |
751 | .Pa /var/run/sshd.pid . | |
752 | .It Cm Port | |
753 | Specifies the port number that | |
30460aeb | 754 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 755 | listens on. |
756 | The default is 22. | |
757 | Multiple options of this type are permitted. | |
758 | See also | |
759 | .Cm ListenAddress . | |
760 | .It Cm PrintLastLog | |
761 | Specifies whether | |
30460aeb | 762 | .Xr sshd 8 |
dfddba3d | 763 | should print the date and time of the last user login when a user logs |
764 | in interactively. | |
884dc78b | 765 | The default is |
766 | .Dq yes . | |
767 | .It Cm PrintMotd | |
768 | Specifies whether | |
30460aeb | 769 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 770 | should print |
771 | .Pa /etc/motd | |
772 | when a user logs in interactively. | |
773 | (On some systems it is also printed by the shell, | |
774 | .Pa /etc/profile , | |
775 | or equivalent.) | |
776 | The default is | |
777 | .Dq yes . | |
778 | .It Cm Protocol | |
779 | Specifies the protocol versions | |
30460aeb | 780 | .Xr sshd 8 |
d03f4262 | 781 | supports. |
884dc78b | 782 | The possible values are |
30460aeb | 783 | .Sq 1 |
884dc78b | 784 | and |
30460aeb | 785 | .Sq 2 . |
884dc78b | 786 | Multiple versions must be comma-separated. |
787 | The default is | |
788 | .Dq 2,1 . | |
d03f4262 | 789 | Note that the order of the protocol list does not indicate preference, |
790 | because the client selects among multiple protocol versions offered | |
791 | by the server. | |
792 | Specifying | |
793 | .Dq 2,1 | |
794 | is identical to | |
795 | .Dq 1,2 . | |
884dc78b | 796 | .It Cm PubkeyAuthentication |
797 | Specifies whether public key authentication is allowed. | |
798 | The default is | |
799 | .Dq yes . | |
800 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only. | |
884dc78b | 801 | .It Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication |
802 | Specifies whether rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv authentication together | |
803 | with successful RSA host authentication is allowed. | |
804 | The default is | |
805 | .Dq no . | |
806 | This option applies to protocol version 1 only. | |
807 | .It Cm RSAAuthentication | |
808 | Specifies whether pure RSA authentication is allowed. | |
809 | The default is | |
810 | .Dq yes . | |
811 | This option applies to protocol version 1 only. | |
812 | .It Cm ServerKeyBits | |
813 | Defines the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key. | |
814 | The minimum value is 512, and the default is 768. | |
815 | .It Cm StrictModes | |
816 | Specifies whether | |
30460aeb | 817 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 818 | should check file modes and ownership of the |
819 | user's files and home directory before accepting login. | |
820 | This is normally desirable because novices sometimes accidentally leave their | |
821 | directory or files world-writable. | |
822 | The default is | |
823 | .Dq yes . | |
824 | .It Cm Subsystem | |
30460aeb | 825 | Configures an external subsystem (e.g. file transfer daemon). |
826 | Arguments should be a subsystem name and a command (with optional arguments) | |
827 | to execute upon subsystem request. | |
e74dc197 | 828 | .Pp |
884dc78b | 829 | The command |
830 | .Xr sftp-server 8 | |
831 | implements the | |
832 | .Dq sftp | |
833 | file transfer subsystem. | |
e74dc197 | 834 | .Pp |
835 | Alternately the name | |
836 | .Dq internal-sftp | |
837 | implements an in-process | |
838 | .Dq sftp | |
839 | server. | |
840 | This may simplify configurations using | |
841 | .Cm ChrootDirectory | |
842 | to force a different filesystem root on clients. | |
843 | .Pp | |
884dc78b | 844 | By default no subsystems are defined. |
845 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only. | |
846 | .It Cm SyslogFacility | |
847 | Gives the facility code that is used when logging messages from | |
30460aeb | 848 | .Xr sshd 8 . |
884dc78b | 849 | The possible values are: DAEMON, USER, AUTH, LOCAL0, LOCAL1, LOCAL2, |
850 | LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7. | |
851 | The default is AUTH. | |
540d72c3 | 852 | .It Cm TCPKeepAlive |
853 | Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive messages to the | |
854 | other side. | |
855 | If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one | |
856 | of the machines will be properly noticed. | |
857 | However, this means that | |
858 | connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people | |
859 | find it annoying. | |
860 | On the other hand, if TCP keepalives are not sent, | |
861 | sessions may hang indefinitely on the server, leaving | |
862 | .Dq ghost | |
863 | users and consuming server resources. | |
864 | .Pp | |
865 | The default is | |
866 | .Dq yes | |
867 | (to send TCP keepalive messages), and the server will notice | |
868 | if the network goes down or the client host crashes. | |
869 | This avoids infinitely hanging sessions. | |
870 | .Pp | |
871 | To disable TCP keepalive messages, the value should be set to | |
872 | .Dq no . | |
7cac2b65 | 873 | .It Cm UseDNS |
874 | Specifies whether | |
30460aeb | 875 | .Xr sshd 8 |
8b32eddc | 876 | should look up the remote host name and check that |
7cac2b65 | 877 | the resolved host name for the remote IP address maps back to the |
878 | very same IP address. | |
879 | The default is | |
880 | .Dq yes . | |
884dc78b | 881 | .It Cm UseLogin |
882 | Specifies whether | |
883 | .Xr login 1 | |
884 | is used for interactive login sessions. | |
885 | The default is | |
886 | .Dq no . | |
887 | Note that | |
888 | .Xr login 1 | |
889 | is never used for remote command execution. | |
890 | Note also, that if this is enabled, | |
891 | .Cm X11Forwarding | |
892 | will be disabled because | |
893 | .Xr login 1 | |
894 | does not know how to handle | |
895 | .Xr xauth 1 | |
bfe49944 | 896 | cookies. |
897 | If | |
884dc78b | 898 | .Cm UsePrivilegeSeparation |
899 | is specified, it will be disabled after authentication. | |
7cac2b65 | 900 | .It Cm UsePAM |
7e82606e | 901 | Enables the Pluggable Authentication Module interface. |
902 | If set to | |
903 | .Dq yes | |
904 | this will enable PAM authentication using | |
905 | .Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication | |
30460aeb | 906 | and |
907 | .Cm PasswordAuthentication | |
908 | in addition to PAM account and session module processing for all | |
909 | authentication types. | |
7e82606e | 910 | .Pp |
911 | Because PAM challenge-response authentication usually serves an equivalent | |
912 | role to password authentication, you should disable either | |
913 | .Cm PasswordAuthentication | |
914 | or | |
915 | .Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication. | |
916 | .Pp | |
917 | If | |
918 | .Cm UsePAM | |
919 | is enabled, you will not be able to run | |
920 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
921 | as a non-root user. | |
922 | The default is | |
540d72c3 | 923 | .Dq no . |
884dc78b | 924 | .It Cm UsePrivilegeSeparation |
925 | Specifies whether | |
30460aeb | 926 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 927 | separates privileges by creating an unprivileged child process |
bfe49944 | 928 | to deal with incoming network traffic. |
929 | After successful authentication, another process will be created that has | |
930 | the privilege of the authenticated user. | |
931 | The goal of privilege separation is to prevent privilege | |
884dc78b | 932 | escalation by containing any corruption within the unprivileged processes. |
933 | The default is | |
934 | .Dq yes . | |
884dc78b | 935 | .It Cm X11DisplayOffset |
936 | Specifies the first display number available for | |
30460aeb | 937 | .Xr sshd 8 Ns 's |
884dc78b | 938 | X11 forwarding. |
30460aeb | 939 | This prevents sshd from interfering with real X11 servers. |
884dc78b | 940 | The default is 10. |
941 | .It Cm X11Forwarding | |
942 | Specifies whether X11 forwarding is permitted. | |
d03f4262 | 943 | The argument must be |
944 | .Dq yes | |
945 | or | |
946 | .Dq no . | |
884dc78b | 947 | The default is |
948 | .Dq no . | |
d03f4262 | 949 | .Pp |
950 | When X11 forwarding is enabled, there may be additional exposure to | |
951 | the server and to client displays if the | |
30460aeb | 952 | .Xr sshd 8 |
d03f4262 | 953 | proxy display is configured to listen on the wildcard address (see |
954 | .Cm X11UseLocalhost | |
30460aeb | 955 | below), though this is not the default. |
d03f4262 | 956 | Additionally, the authentication spoofing and authentication data |
957 | verification and substitution occur on the client side. | |
958 | The security risk of using X11 forwarding is that the client's X11 | |
30460aeb | 959 | display server may be exposed to attack when the SSH client requests |
d03f4262 | 960 | forwarding (see the warnings for |
961 | .Cm ForwardX11 | |
962 | in | |
7cac2b65 | 963 | .Xr ssh_config 5 ) . |
d03f4262 | 964 | A system administrator may have a stance in which they want to |
965 | protect clients that may expose themselves to attack by unwittingly | |
966 | requesting X11 forwarding, which can warrant a | |
967 | .Dq no | |
968 | setting. | |
969 | .Pp | |
970 | Note that disabling X11 forwarding does not prevent users from | |
971 | forwarding X11 traffic, as users can always install their own forwarders. | |
884dc78b | 972 | X11 forwarding is automatically disabled if |
973 | .Cm UseLogin | |
974 | is enabled. | |
975 | .It Cm X11UseLocalhost | |
976 | Specifies whether | |
30460aeb | 977 | .Xr sshd 8 |
884dc78b | 978 | should bind the X11 forwarding server to the loopback address or to |
bfe49944 | 979 | the wildcard address. |
980 | By default, | |
30460aeb | 981 | sshd binds the forwarding server to the loopback address and sets the |
884dc78b | 982 | hostname part of the |
983 | .Ev DISPLAY | |
984 | environment variable to | |
985 | .Dq localhost . | |
d03f4262 | 986 | This prevents remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display. |
884dc78b | 987 | However, some older X11 clients may not function with this |
988 | configuration. | |
989 | .Cm X11UseLocalhost | |
990 | may be set to | |
991 | .Dq no | |
992 | to specify that the forwarding server should be bound to the wildcard | |
993 | address. | |
994 | The argument must be | |
995 | .Dq yes | |
996 | or | |
997 | .Dq no . | |
998 | The default is | |
999 | .Dq yes . | |
1000 | .It Cm XAuthLocation | |
d03f4262 | 1001 | Specifies the full pathname of the |
884dc78b | 1002 | .Xr xauth 1 |
1003 | program. | |
1004 | The default is | |
1005 | .Pa /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth . | |
1006 | .El | |
30460aeb | 1007 | .Sh TIME FORMATS |
1008 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
884dc78b | 1009 | command-line arguments and configuration file options that specify time |
1010 | may be expressed using a sequence of the form: | |
1011 | .Sm off | |
d03f4262 | 1012 | .Ar time Op Ar qualifier , |
884dc78b | 1013 | .Sm on |
1014 | where | |
1015 | .Ar time | |
1016 | is a positive integer value and | |
1017 | .Ar qualifier | |
1018 | is one of the following: | |
1019 | .Pp | |
1020 | .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent | |
30460aeb | 1021 | .It Aq Cm none |
884dc78b | 1022 | seconds |
1023 | .It Cm s | Cm S | |
1024 | seconds | |
1025 | .It Cm m | Cm M | |
1026 | minutes | |
1027 | .It Cm h | Cm H | |
1028 | hours | |
1029 | .It Cm d | Cm D | |
1030 | days | |
1031 | .It Cm w | Cm W | |
1032 | weeks | |
1033 | .El | |
1034 | .Pp | |
1035 | Each member of the sequence is added together to calculate | |
1036 | the total time value. | |
1037 | .Pp | |
1038 | Time format examples: | |
1039 | .Pp | |
1040 | .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent | |
1041 | .It 600 | |
1042 | 600 seconds (10 minutes) | |
1043 | .It 10m | |
1044 | 10 minutes | |
1045 | .It 1h30m | |
1046 | 1 hour 30 minutes (90 minutes) | |
1047 | .El | |
1048 | .Sh FILES | |
1049 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
1050 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config | |
1051 | Contains configuration data for | |
30460aeb | 1052 | .Xr sshd 8 . |
884dc78b | 1053 | This file should be writable by root only, but it is recommended |
1054 | (though not necessary) that it be world-readable. | |
1055 | .El | |
7cac2b65 | 1056 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
1057 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
884dc78b | 1058 | .Sh AUTHORS |
1059 | OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free | |
1060 | ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. | |
1061 | Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, | |
1062 | Theo de Raadt and Dug Song | |
1063 | removed many bugs, re-added newer features and | |
1064 | created OpenSSH. | |
1065 | Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH | |
1066 | protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. | |
1067 | Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support | |
1068 | for privilege separation. |