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bf740959 1.\" -*- nroff -*-
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bf740959 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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9a26a6e2 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.195 2003/04/30 01:16:20 mouring Exp $
bf740959 38.Dd September 25, 1999
39.Dt SSHD 8
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm sshd
da89cf4d 43.Nd OpenSSH SSH daemon
bf740959 44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm sshd
6691e41b 46.Bk -words
2043936f 47.Op Fl deiqtD46
bf740959 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
2717fa0f 53.Op Fl o Ar option
bf740959 54.Op Fl p Ar port
c345cf9d 55.Op Fl u Ar len
6691e41b 56.Ek
f54651ce 57.Sh DESCRIPTION
bf740959 58.Nm
2c86906e 59(SSH Daemon) is the daemon program for
bf740959 60.Xr ssh 1 .
3189621b 61Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and
bf740959 62provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
4fe2af09 63over an insecure network.
64The programs are intended to be as easy to
bf740959 65install and use as possible.
66.Pp
67.Nm
4fe2af09 68is the daemon that listens for connections from clients.
f54651ce 69It is normally started at boot from
bf740959 70.Pa /etc/rc .
71It forks a new
4fe2af09 72daemon for each incoming connection.
73The forked daemons handle
bf740959 74key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution,
75and data exchange.
1d1ffb87 76This implementation of
77.Nm
78supports both SSH protocol version 1 and 2 simultaneously.
bf740959 79.Nm
6691e41b 80works as follows:
1d1ffb87 81.Pp
82.Ss SSH protocol version 1
83.Pp
4fe2af09 84Each host has a host-specific RSA key
85(normally 1024 bits) used to identify the host.
86Additionally, when
bf740959 87the daemon starts, it generates a server RSA key (normally 768 bits).
88This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and
89is never stored on disk.
90.Pp
6691e41b 91Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public
3189621b 92host and server keys.
4fe2af09 93The client compares the
1d1ffb87 94RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
4fe2af09 95The client then generates a 256 bit random number.
96It encrypts this
bf740959 97random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends
4fe2af09 98the encrypted number to the server.
3189621b 99Both sides then use this
bf740959 100random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further
4fe2af09 101communications in the session.
102The rest of the session is encrypted
3189621b 103using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish or 3DES, with 3DES
7368a6c8 104being used by default.
4fe2af09 105The client selects the encryption algorithm
bf740959 106to use from those offered by the server.
107.Pp
4fe2af09 108Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
109The client tries to authenticate itself using
bf740959 110.Pa .rhosts
111authentication,
112.Pa .rhosts
113authentication combined with RSA host
114authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password
115based authentication.
116.Pp
117Rhosts authentication is normally disabled
118because it is fundamentally insecure, but can be enabled in the server
4fe2af09 119configuration file if desired.
120System security is not improved unless
7e276482 121.Nm rshd ,
122.Nm rlogind ,
bf740959 123and
6691e41b 124.Nm rexecd
bf740959 125are disabled (thus completely disabling
7e276482 126.Xr rlogin
bf740959 127and
7e276482 128.Xr rsh
3189621b 129into the machine).
bf740959 130.Pp
1d1ffb87 131.Ss SSH protocol version 2
132.Pp
c345cf9d 133Version 2 works similarly:
7f19f8bb 134Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host.
1d1ffb87 135However, when the daemon starts, it does not generate a server key.
136Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
137This key agreement results in a shared session key.
da89cf4d 138.Pp
51c251f0 139The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
da89cf4d 140128 bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192 bit AES, or 256 bit AES.
1d1ffb87 141The client selects the encryption algorithm
142to use from those offered by the server.
143Additionally, session integrity is provided
d0c832f3 144through a cryptographic message authentication code
1d1ffb87 145(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
146.Pp
147Protocol version 2 provides a public key based
da89cf4d 148user (PubkeyAuthentication) or
149client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method,
150conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods.
1d1ffb87 151.Pp
152.Ss Command execution and data forwarding
153.Pp
bf740959 154If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
4fe2af09 155preparing the session is entered.
156At this time the client may request
bf740959 157things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
158forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
159connection over the secure channel.
160.Pp
161Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
4fe2af09 162The sides then enter session mode.
163In this mode, either side may send
bf740959 164data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
165command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
166.Pp
167When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
168connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
169the client, and both sides exit.
170.Pp
171.Nm
172can be configured using command-line options or a configuration
4fe2af09 173file.
174Command-line options override values specified in the
bf740959 175configuration file.
176.Pp
9d6b7add 177.Nm
178rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
409edaba 179.Dv SIGHUP ,
a5a2da3b 180by executing itself with the name it was started as, i.e.,
409edaba 181.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
9d6b7add 182.Pp
bf740959 183The options are as follows:
184.Bl -tag -width Ds
185.It Fl b Ar bits
da89cf4d 186Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
187server key (default 768).
bf740959 188.It Fl d
4fe2af09 189Debug mode.
190The server sends verbose debug output to the system
191log, and does not put itself in the background.
192The server also will not fork and will only process one connection.
193This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
6691e41b 194Multiple
195.Fl d
196options increase the debugging level.
94ec8c6b 197Maximum is 3.
da89cf4d 198.It Fl e
199When this option is specified,
200.Nm
201will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
bf740959 202.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
4fe2af09 203Specifies the name of the configuration file.
204The default is
2a8a6488 205.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
bf740959 206.Nm
207refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
208.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
209Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
3445ca02 210120 seconds).
4fe2af09 211If the client fails to authenticate the user within
212this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
213A value of zero indicates no limit.
bf740959 214.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
0f84fe37 215Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
bf740959 216This option must be given if
217.Nm
218is not run as root (as the normal
0f84fe37 219host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
220The default is
2a8a6488 221.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
0f84fe37 222for protocol version 1, and
2a8a6488 223.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
0f84fe37 224and
2a8a6488 225.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
0f84fe37 226for protocol version 2.
8abcdba4 227It is possible to have multiple host key files for
da89cf4d 228the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
bf740959 229.It Fl i
230Specifies that
231.Nm
6691e41b 232is being run from
233.Xr inetd 8 .
bf740959 234.Nm
235is normally not run
236from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
4fe2af09 237respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
238Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
610cd5c6 239However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using
bf740959 240.Nm
241from inetd may
242be feasible.
243.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
da89cf4d 244Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
245regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
4fe2af09 246The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
bf740959 247often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour,
248it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
249communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
4fe2af09 250seized.
251A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
2717fa0f 252.It Fl o Ar option
253Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
254This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
255command-line flag.
bf740959 256.It Fl p Ar port
257Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
258(default 22).
135113a3 259Multiple port options are permitted.
260Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a
261command-line port is specified.
bf740959 262.It Fl q
4fe2af09 263Quiet mode.
264Nothing is sent to the system log.
265Normally the beginning,
bf740959 266authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
f87f09aa 267.It Fl t
268Test mode.
269Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
184eed6a 270This is useful for updating
f87f09aa 271.Nm
272reliably as configuration options may change.
c345cf9d 273.It Fl u Ar len
274This option is used to specify the size of the field
275in the
276.Li utmp
277structure that holds the remote host name.
278If the resolved host name is longer than
279.Ar len ,
280the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
281This allows hosts with very long host names that
282overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
283Specifying
284.Fl u0
285indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
286should be put into the
287.Pa utmp
288file.
e675b851 289.Fl u0
6691e41b 290may also be used to prevent
e675b851 291.Nm
292from making DNS requests unless the authentication
293mechanism or configuration requires it.
294Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
295.Cm RhostsAuthentication ,
296.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
297.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
298and using a
299.Cm from="pattern-list"
300option in a key file.
f464aad8 301Configuration options that require DNS include using a
302USER@HOST pattern in
303.Cm AllowUsers
304or
305.Cm DenyUsers .
8abcdba4 306.It Fl D
307When this option is specified
308.Nm
309will not detach and does not become a daemon.
310This allows easy monitoring of
311.Nm sshd .
48e671d5 312.It Fl 4
313Forces
314.Nm
315to use IPv4 addresses only.
316.It Fl 6
317Forces
318.Nm
319to use IPv6 addresses only.
bf740959 320.El
321.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
322.Nm
f54651ce 323reads configuration data from
2a8a6488 324.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 325(or the file specified with
326.Fl f
4fe2af09 327on the command line).
588df31a 328The file format and configuration options are described in
329.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 330.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
331When a user successfully logs in,
332.Nm
333does the following:
334.Bl -enum -offset indent
335.It
336If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
f54651ce 337prints last login time and
bf740959 338.Pa /etc/motd
339(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
340.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
341see the
f54651ce 342.Sx FILES
bf740959 343section).
344.It
345If the login is on a tty, records login time.
346.It
347Checks
348.Pa /etc/nologin ;
349if it exists, prints contents and quits
350(unless root).
351.It
352Changes to run with normal user privileges.
353.It
354Sets up basic environment.
355.It
356Reads
357.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
6a342527 358if it exists and users are allowed to change their environment.
35453849 359See the
6a342527 360.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
35453849 361option in
6a342527 362.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 363.It
364Changes to user's home directory.
365.It
366If
367.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
368exists, runs it; else if
af98ced9 369.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 370exists, runs
4fe2af09 371it; otherwise runs xauth.
372The
bf740959 373.Dq rc
374files are given the X11
375authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
376.It
377Runs user's shell or command.
378.El
379.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
bf740959 380.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
96a7b0cc 381is the default file that lists the public keys that are
382permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1
383and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)
da89cf4d 384in protocol version 2.
96a7b0cc 385.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
c8445989 386may be used to specify an alternative file.
8abcdba4 387.Pp
4fe2af09 388Each line of the file contains one
bf740959 389key (empty lines and lines starting with a
390.Ql #
391are ignored as
4fe2af09 392comments).
8abcdba4 393Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
4fe2af09 394spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
8abcdba4 395Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
396options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
755c4339 397The options field
398is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
399with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number).
8abcdba4 400The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
401protocol version 1; the
bf740959 402comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
403user to identify the key).
8abcdba4 404For protocol version 2 the keytype is
405.Dq ssh-dss
406or
407.Dq ssh-rsa .
bf740959 408.Pp
409Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
755c4339 410(because of the size of the public key encoding).
4fe2af09 411You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
c0ecc314 412.Pa identity.pub ,
8abcdba4 413.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 414or the
415.Pa id_rsa.pub
bf740959 416file and edit it.
417.Pp
3bc822df 418.Nm
419enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
420and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
421.Pp
c345cf9d 422The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
4fe2af09 423specifications.
424No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
54bf768d 425The following option specifications are supported (note
426that option keywords are case-insensitive):
bf740959 427.Bl -tag -width Ds
428.It Cm from="pattern-list"
755c4339 429Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
bf740959 430of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
4fe2af09 431patterns
9a26a6e2 432.Pf (
433.Ql \&*
4fe2af09 434and
9a26a6e2 435.Ql \&?
4fe2af09 436serve as wildcards).
437The list may also contain
438patterns negated by prefixing them with
9a26a6e2 439.Ql \&! ;
4fe2af09 440if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
441The purpose
755c4339 442of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
bf740959 443by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
444the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
4fe2af09 445permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
446This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
bf740959 447servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
448just the key).
449.It Cm command="command"
450Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
4fe2af09 451authentication.
452The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
9658ecbc 453The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
4fe2af09 454otherwise it is run without a tty.
6691e41b 455If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
91789042 456one must not request a pty or should specify
61e96248 457.Cm no-pty .
4fe2af09 458A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
459This option might be useful
755c4339 460to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
4fe2af09 461An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
d0c832f3 462Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
463forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
4cdbc654 464Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
bf740959 465.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
466Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
4fe2af09 467logging in using this key.
468Environment variables set this way
469override other default environment values.
470Multiple options of this type are permitted.
35453849 471Environment processing is disabled by default and is
472controlled via the
473.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
474option.
2548961d 475This option is automatically disabled if
476.Cm UseLogin
477is enabled.
bf740959 478.It Cm no-port-forwarding
479Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
4fe2af09 480Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
481This might be used, e.g., in connection with the
bf740959 482.Cm command
483option.
484.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
485Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
486Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
487.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
488Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
489authentication.
490.It Cm no-pty
491Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
dc504afd 492.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
3730bb22 493Limit local
dc504afd 494.Li ``ssh -L''
b2ae83b8 495port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
ed787d14 496port.
497IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
498.Ar host/port .
499Multiple
dc504afd 500.Cm permitopen
3730bb22 501options may be applied separated by commas. No pattern matching is
502performed on the specified hostnames, they must be literal domains or
dc504afd 503addresses.
bf740959 504.El
505.Ss Examples
5061024 33 12121.\|.\|.\|312314325 ylo@foo.bar
507.Pp
508from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23.\|.\|.\|2334 ylo@niksula
509.Pp
510command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323 backup.hut.fi
dc504afd 511.Pp
512permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323
bf740959 513.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
f54651ce 514The
6691e41b 515.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
f54651ce 516and
f49bc4f7 517.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
4fe2af09 518files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
519The global file should
520be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
c345cf9d 521maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host
4fe2af09 522its key is added to the per-user file.
bf740959 523.Pp
524Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
4fe2af09 525bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
526The fields are separated by spaces.
bf740959 527.Pp
9a26a6e2 528Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns (
529.Ql \&*
530and
531.Ql \&?
532act as
bf740959 533wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
534name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
4fe2af09 535name (when authenticating a server).
536A pattern may also be preceded by
9a26a6e2 537.Ql \&!
bf740959 538to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
539pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
540pattern on the line.
541.Pp
1d1ffb87 542Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
bf740959 543can be obtained, e.g., from
2a8a6488 544.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
bf740959 545The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
546.Pp
547Lines starting with
548.Ql #
549and empty lines are ignored as comments.
550.Pp
551When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
4fe2af09 552matching line has the proper key.
553It is thus permissible (but not
bf740959 554recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
4fe2af09 555names.
556This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
557from different domains are put in the file.
558It is possible
bf740959 559that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
560accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
561.Pp
562Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
563long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
564Rather, generate them by a script
f54651ce 565or by taking
2a8a6488 566.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
bf740959 567and adding the host names at the front.
568.Ss Examples
da89cf4d 569.Bd -literal
570closenet,.\|.\|.\|,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159.\|.\|.93 closenet.hut.fi
571cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
572.Ed
bf740959 573.Sh FILES
574.Bl -tag -width Ds
2a8a6488 575.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 576Contains configuration data for
577.Nm sshd .
588df31a 578The file format and configuration options are described in
579.Xr sshd_config 5 .
2a8a6488 580.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
da89cf4d 581These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 582These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
bf740959 583accessible to others.
584Note that
585.Nm
586does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
2a8a6488 587.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
da89cf4d 588These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 589These files should be world-readable but writable only by
4fe2af09 590root.
b8dc87d3 591Their contents should match the respective private parts.
592These files are not
593really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
594the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
595These files are created using
bf740959 596.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
e2432638 597.It Pa /etc/moduli
c523303b 598Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
f1dcc34e 599The file format is described in
600.Xr moduli 5 .
75653d3e 601.It Pa /var/empty
602.Xr chroot 2
603directory used by
604.Nm
605during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
606The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
607and not group or world-writable.
5f4fdfae 608.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
bf740959 609Contains the process ID of the
610.Nm
611listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
baa08b92 612concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
4fe2af09 613started last).
c345cf9d 614The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
bf740959 615.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
da89cf4d 616Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account.
1d1ffb87 617This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
618it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
619volume).
620It is recommended that it not be accessible by others.
621The format of this file is described above.
622Users will place the contents of their
96a7b0cc 623.Pa identity.pub ,
1d1ffb87 624.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 625and/or
626.Pa id_rsa.pub
1d1ffb87 627files into this file, as described in
628.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
2a8a6488 629.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts" and "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
6a17f9c2 630These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
f49bc4f7 631authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication
632to check the public key of the host.
4fe2af09 633The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted.
5bbb5681 634The client uses the same files
e91c60f2 635to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host.
4fe2af09 636These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
2a8a6488 637.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
bf740959 638should be world-readable, and
639.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
6691e41b 640can, but need not be, world-readable.
bf740959 641.It Pa /etc/nologin
f54651ce 642If this file exists,
bf740959 643.Nm
4fe2af09 644refuses to let anyone except root log in.
645The contents of the file
bf740959 646are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
4fe2af09 647refused.
648The file should be world-readable.
bf740959 649.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
5b263aae 650Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
651Further details are described in
bf740959 652.Xr hosts_access 5 .
653.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
654This file contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
4fe2af09 655line.
656The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
6691e41b 657without a password.
4fe2af09 658The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
bf740959 659The file must
660be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
661accessible by others.
662.Pp
4fe2af09 663If is also possible to use netgroups in the file.
664Either host or user
bf740959 665name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users
666in the group.
667.It Pa $HOME/.shosts
668For ssh,
669this file is exactly the same as for
670.Pa .rhosts .
671However, this file is
672not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only.
c345cf9d 673.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
bf740959 674This file is used during
675.Pa .rhosts
4fe2af09 676authentication.
677In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
678Users on
bf740959 679those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
4fe2af09 680have the same user name on both machines.
681The host name may also be
bf740959 682followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
683.Em any
4fe2af09 684user on this machine (except root).
685Additionally, the syntax
bf740959 686.Dq +@group
4fe2af09 687can be used to specify netgroups.
688Negated entries start with
bf740959 689.Ql \&- .
690.Pp
691If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
692automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
4fe2af09 693same.
694Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally required.
695This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
bf740959 696that it be world-readable.
697.Pp
698.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
699.Pa hosts.equiv .
700Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
701.Em anybody ,
702which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
4fe2af09 703binaries and directories.
704Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
705The only valid use for user names that I can think
bf740959 706of is in negative entries.
707.Pp
708Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
5f4fdfae 709.It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
bf740959 710This is processed exactly as
711.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
712However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both
713rsh/rlogin and ssh.
714.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
4fe2af09 715This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
716It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
bf740959 717.Ql # ) ,
4fe2af09 718and assignment lines of the form name=value.
719The file should be writable
bf740959 720only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
35453849 721Environment processing is disabled by default and is
722controlled via the
723.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
724option.
bf740959 725.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
6691e41b 726If this file exists, it is run with
727.Pa /bin/sh
728after reading the
4fe2af09 729environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
d4c6ddff 730It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
731instead.
732If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
733its standard input (and
bf740959 734.Ev DISPLAY
d4c6ddff 735in its environment).
736The script must call
bf740959 737.Xr xauth 1
d4c6ddff 738because
739.Nm
740will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
bf740959 741.Pp
742The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
743which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
744accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
745.Pp
746This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
da89cf4d 747something similar to:
748.Bd -literal
d4c6ddff 749if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
750 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
751 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
cb11b555 752 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
d4c6ddff 753 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
754 else
755 # X11UseLocalhost=no
cb11b555 756 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
757 fi | xauth -q -
d4c6ddff 758fi
da89cf4d 759.Ed
bf740959 760.Pp
761If this file does not exist,
2a8a6488 762.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 763is run, and if that
d4c6ddff 764does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
bf740959 765.Pp
766This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
767readable by anyone else.
2a8a6488 768.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 769Like
770.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
771This can be used to specify
4fe2af09 772machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
773This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
089fbbd2 774.El
fa08c86b 775.Sh AUTHORS
7f5c4295 776OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
777ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
778Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
779Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
780removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
781created OpenSSH.
782Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
783protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
ce19ff48 784Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support
785for privilege separation.
bf740959 786.Sh SEE ALSO
bf740959 787.Xr scp 1 ,
61e96248 788.Xr sftp 1 ,
bf740959 789.Xr ssh 1 ,
790.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
791.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
792.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
248bad82 793.Xr login.conf 5 ,
794.Xr moduli 5 ,
588df31a 795.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
a5a2da3b 796.Xr sftp-server 8
2cad6cef 797.Rs
798.%A T. Ylonen
799.%A T. Kivinen
800.%A M. Saarinen
801.%A T. Rinne
802.%A S. Lehtinen
803.%T "SSH Protocol Architecture"
17f5e68a 804.%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt
805.%D January 2002
2cad6cef 806.%O work in progress material
807.Re
da89cf4d 808.Rs
809.%A M. Friedl
810.%A N. Provos
811.%A W. A. Simpson
812.%T "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol"
17f5e68a 813.%N draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-02.txt
814.%D January 2002
da89cf4d 815.%O work in progress material
816.Re
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