X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/gssapi-openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/884dc78b37d30d2afc7a88c60fd6a88563d126d7..8af0406b1081f4edaca548090d7c5d4cfb8fb9a3:/openssh/ssh-keysign.8 diff --git a/openssh/ssh-keysign.8 b/openssh/ssh-keysign.8 index ab2cf21..a17e8d5 100644 --- a/openssh/ssh-keysign.8 +++ b/openssh/ssh-keysign.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keysign.8,v 1.2 2002/06/10 16:56:30 stevesk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keysign.8,v 1.7 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ is used by .Xr ssh 1 to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature required during hostbased authentication with SSH protocol version 2. +.Pp +.Nm +is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the +global client configuration file +.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config +by setting +.Cm EnableSSHKeysign +to +.Dq yes . +.Pp .Nm is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from .Xr ssh 1 . @@ -46,10 +56,14 @@ and for more information about hostbased authentication. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config +Controls whether +.Nm +is enabled. .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to -generate the digital signature. They -should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not +generate the digital signature. +They should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not accessible to others. Since they are readable only by root, .Nm @@ -58,10 +72,11 @@ must be set-uid root if hostbased authentication is used. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ssh 1 , .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , +.Xr ssh_config 5 , .Xr sshd 8 -.Sh AUTHORS -Markus Friedl .Sh HISTORY .Nm first appeared in .Ox 3.2 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Markus Friedl Aq markus@openbsd.org