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.Dd May 24, 2002
.Dt SSH-KEYSIGN 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ssh-keysign
.Nd ssh helper program for hostbased authentication
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
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.
.Nm
is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from
.Xr ssh 1 .
See
.Xr ssh 1
and
.Xr sshd 8
for more information about hostbased authentication.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.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
accessible to others.
Since they are readable only by root,
.Nm
must be set-uid root if hostbased authentication is used.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ssh 1 ,
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
.Xr sshd 8
.Sh AUTHORS
Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
first appeared in
.Ox 3.2 .
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9cf07a6e	1	.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keysign.8,v 1.2 2002/06/10 16:56:30 stevesk Exp $
39c00dc2	2	.\"
	3	.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved.
	4	.\"
	5	.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
	6	.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
	7	.\" are met:
	8	.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	9	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
	10	.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
	11	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
	12	.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
	13	.\"
	14	.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
	15	.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
	16	.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
	17	.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
	18	.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
	19	.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
	20	.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
	21	.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
	22	.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
	23	.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
	24	.\"
	25	.Dd May 24, 2002
	26	.Dt SSH-KEYSIGN 8
	27	.Os
	28	.Sh NAME
	29	.Nm ssh-keysign
	30	.Nd ssh helper program for hostbased authentication
	31	.Sh SYNOPSIS
9cf07a6e	32	.Nm
39c00dc2	33	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	34	.Nm
	35	is used by
	36	.Xr ssh 1
9cf07a6e	37	to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature
9cf07a6e	38	required during hostbased authentication with SSH protocol version 2.
39c00dc2	39	.Nm
	40	is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from
	41	.Xr ssh 1 .
	42	See
	43	.Xr ssh 1
	44	and
	45	.Xr sshd 8
	46	for more information about hostbased authentication.
9cf07a6e	47	.Sh FILES
	48	.Bl -tag -width Ds
	49	.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
	50	These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to
	51	generate the digital signature. They
	52	should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
	53	accessible to others.
	54	Since they are readable only by root,
	55	.Nm
	56	must be set-uid root if hostbased authentication is used.
	57	.El
39c00dc2	58	.Sh SEE ALSO
39c00dc2	59	.Xr ssh 1 ,
9cf07a6e	60	.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
39c00dc2	61	.Xr sshd 8
	62	.Sh AUTHORS
	63	Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>
	64	.Sh HISTORY
	65	.Nm
	66	first appeared in
	67	.Ox 3.2 .