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bf740959 | 1 | .\" -*- nroff -*- |
2 | .\" | |
bf740959 | 3 | .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> |
bf740959 | 4 | .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland |
5 | .\" All rights reserved | |
6 | .\" | |
bcbf86ec | 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 | .\" | |
f3c7c613 | 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. | |
bcbf86ec | 16 | .\" |
17 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without | |
18 | .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions | |
19 | .\" are met: | |
20 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | |
21 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | |
22 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | |
23 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | |
24 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
bf740959 | 25 | .\" |
bcbf86ec | 26 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR |
27 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES | |
28 | .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. | |
29 | .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, | |
30 | .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT | |
31 | .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, | |
32 | .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY | |
33 | .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT | |
34 | .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF | |
35 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. | |
bf740959 | 36 | .\" |
20892533 | 37 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.234 2005/12/31 13:45:19 jmc Exp $ |
bf740959 | 38 | .Dd September 25, 1999 |
39 | .Dt SSH 1 | |
40 | .Os | |
41 | .Sh NAME | |
42 | .Nm ssh | |
2c86906e | 43 | .Nd OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program) |
bf740959 | 44 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
45 | .Nm ssh | |
0e19494c | 46 | .Op Fl 1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY |
3435f5a6 | 47 | .Op Fl b Ar bind_address |
d0c832f3 | 48 | .Op Fl c Ar cipher_spec |
5ddc5eb4 | 49 | .Oo Fl D\ \& |
50 | .Sm off | |
51 | .Oo Ar bind_address : Oc | |
52 | .Ar port | |
53 | .Sm on | |
54 | .Oc | |
bf740959 | 55 | .Op Fl e Ar escape_char |
e591b98a | 56 | .Op Fl F Ar configfile |
37c406a8 | 57 | .Bk -words |
5f4a0c58 | 58 | .Op Fl i Ar identity_file |
37c406a8 | 59 | .Ek |
6c7e3b94 | 60 | .Oo Fl L\ \& |
bf740959 | 61 | .Sm off |
3867aa0a | 62 | .Oo Ar bind_address : Oc |
6c7e3b94 | 63 | .Ar port : host : hostport |
bf740959 | 64 | .Sm on |
bf740959 | 65 | .Oc |
37c406a8 | 66 | .Bk -words |
5f4a0c58 | 67 | .Op Fl l Ar login_name |
37c406a8 | 68 | .Ek |
5f4a0c58 | 69 | .Op Fl m Ar mac_spec |
f8c6db83 | 70 | .Op Fl O Ar ctl_cmd |
5f4a0c58 | 71 | .Op Fl o Ar option |
5f4a0c58 | 72 | .Op Fl p Ar port |
6c7e3b94 | 73 | .Oo Fl R\ \& |
bf740959 | 74 | .Sm off |
3867aa0a | 75 | .Oo Ar bind_address : Oc |
6c7e3b94 | 76 | .Ar port : host : hostport |
bf740959 | 77 | .Sm on |
bf740959 | 78 | .Oc |
f8c6db83 | 79 | .Op Fl S Ar ctl_path |
985bb789 | 80 | .Bk -words |
81 | .Op Fl w Ar tunnel : Ns Ar tunnel | |
5f4a0c58 | 82 | .Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar hostname |
bf740959 | 83 | .Op Ar command |
985bb789 | 84 | .Ek |
f54651ce | 85 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
bf740959 | 86 | .Nm |
2c86906e | 87 | (SSH client) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for |
610cd5c6 | 88 | executing commands on a remote machine. |
5f4a0c58 | 89 | It is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, |
90 | and provide secure encrypted communications between | |
610cd5c6 | 91 | two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. |
5f4a0c58 | 92 | X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports |
93 | can also be forwarded over the secure channel. | |
bf740959 | 94 | .Pp |
95 | .Nm | |
f54651ce | 96 | connects and logs into the specified |
5f4a0c58 | 97 | .Ar hostname |
98 | (with optional | |
99 | .Ar user | |
100 | name). | |
bf740959 | 101 | The user must prove |
1d1ffb87 | 102 | his/her identity to the remote machine using one of several methods |
a55c1733 | 103 | depending on the protocol version used (see below). |
1d1ffb87 | 104 | .Pp |
5f4a0c58 | 105 | If |
106 | .Ar command | |
107 | is specified, | |
e426efa9 | 108 | it is executed on the remote host instead of a login shell. |
bf740959 | 109 | .Pp |
442c8b33 | 110 | The options are as follows: |
111 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
112 | .It Fl 1 | |
113 | Forces | |
bf740959 | 114 | .Nm |
442c8b33 | 115 | to try protocol version 1 only. |
116 | .It Fl 2 | |
117 | Forces | |
bf740959 | 118 | .Nm |
442c8b33 | 119 | to try protocol version 2 only. |
120 | .It Fl 4 | |
121 | Forces | |
bf740959 | 122 | .Nm |
442c8b33 | 123 | to use IPv4 addresses only. |
124 | .It Fl 6 | |
125 | Forces | |
bf740959 | 126 | .Nm |
442c8b33 | 127 | to use IPv6 addresses only. |
128 | .It Fl A | |
129 | Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection. | |
130 | This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file. | |
bf740959 | 131 | .Pp |
442c8b33 | 132 | Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. |
133 | Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host | |
134 | (for the agent's Unix-domain socket) | |
135 | can access the local agent through the forwarded connection. | |
136 | An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent, | |
137 | however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to | |
138 | authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent. | |
139 | .It Fl a | |
140 | Disables forwarding of the authentication agent connection. | |
141 | .It Fl b Ar bind_address | |
142 | Use | |
143 | .Ar bind_address | |
144 | on the local machine as the source address | |
145 | of the connection. | |
146 | Only useful on systems with more than one address. | |
147 | .It Fl C | |
148 | Requests compression of all data (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and | |
149 | data for forwarded X11 and TCP/IP connections). | |
150 | The compression algorithm is the same used by | |
151 | .Xr gzip 1 , | |
152 | and the | |
153 | .Dq level | |
154 | can be controlled by the | |
155 | .Cm CompressionLevel | |
156 | option for protocol version 1. | |
157 | Compression is desirable on modem lines and other | |
158 | slow connections, but will only slow down things on fast networks. | |
159 | The default value can be set on a host-by-host basis in the | |
160 | configuration files; see the | |
161 | .Cm Compression | |
162 | option. | |
163 | .It Fl c Ar cipher_spec | |
164 | Selects the cipher specification for encrypting the session. | |
bf740959 | 165 | .Pp |
442c8b33 | 166 | Protocol version 1 allows specification of a single cipher. |
167 | The supported values are | |
168 | .Dq 3des , | |
0fe62d3d | 169 | .Dq blowfish , |
442c8b33 | 170 | and |
171 | .Dq des . | |
172 | .Ar 3des | |
173 | (triple-des) is an encrypt-decrypt-encrypt triple with three different keys. | |
174 | It is believed to be secure. | |
175 | .Ar blowfish | |
176 | is a fast block cipher; it appears very secure and is much faster than | |
177 | .Ar 3des . | |
178 | .Ar des | |
179 | is only supported in the | |
bf740959 | 180 | .Nm |
442c8b33 | 181 | client for interoperability with legacy protocol 1 implementations |
182 | that do not support the | |
183 | .Ar 3des | |
184 | cipher. | |
185 | Its use is strongly discouraged due to cryptographic weaknesses. | |
186 | The default is | |
187 | .Dq 3des . | |
da89cf4d | 188 | .Pp |
025fc42e | 189 | For protocol version 2, |
442c8b33 | 190 | .Ar cipher_spec |
191 | is a comma-separated list of ciphers | |
192 | listed in order of preference. | |
025fc42e | 193 | The supported ciphers are: |
194 | 3des-cbc, | |
195 | aes128-cbc, | |
196 | aes192-cbc, | |
197 | aes256-cbc, | |
198 | aes128-ctr, | |
199 | aes192-ctr, | |
200 | aes256-ctr, | |
201 | arcfour128, | |
202 | arcfour256, | |
203 | arcfour, | |
204 | blowfish-cbc, | |
442c8b33 | 205 | and |
025fc42e | 206 | cast128-cbc. |
0fe62d3d | 207 | The default is: |
208 | .Bd -literal -offset indent | |
209 | aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128, | |
210 | arcfour256,arcfour,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,aes128-ctr, | |
211 | aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr | |
442c8b33 | 212 | .Ed |
213 | .It Fl D Xo | |
214 | .Sm off | |
215 | .Oo Ar bind_address : Oc | |
216 | .Ar port | |
217 | .Sm on | |
218 | .Xc | |
219 | Specifies a local | |
220 | .Dq dynamic | |
221 | application-level port forwarding. | |
222 | This works by allocating a socket to listen to | |
223 | .Ar port | |
224 | on the local side, optionally bound to the specified | |
225 | .Ar bind_address . | |
226 | Whenever a connection is made to this port, the | |
227 | connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and the application | |
228 | protocol is then used to determine where to connect to from the | |
229 | remote machine. | |
230 | Currently the SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 protocols are supported, and | |
da89cf4d | 231 | .Nm |
442c8b33 | 232 | will act as a SOCKS server. |
233 | Only root can forward privileged ports. | |
234 | Dynamic port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file. | |
5ddc5eb4 | 235 | .Pp |
236 | IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax: | |
237 | .Sm off | |
238 | .Xo | |
239 | .Op Ar bind_address No / | |
240 | .Ar port | |
241 | .Xc | |
242 | .Sm on | |
243 | or by enclosing the address in square brackets. | |
244 | Only the superuser can forward privileged ports. | |
245 | By default, the local port is bound in accordance with the | |
246 | .Cm GatewayPorts | |
247 | setting. | |
248 | However, an explicit | |
249 | .Ar bind_address | |
250 | may be used to bind the connection to a specific address. | |
251 | The | |
252 | .Ar bind_address | |
253 | of | |
254 | .Dq localhost | |
255 | indicates that the listening port be bound for local use only, while an | |
256 | empty address or | |
257 | .Sq * | |
258 | indicates that the port should be available from all interfaces. | |
86131206 | 259 | .It Fl e Ar escape_char |
bf740959 | 260 | Sets the escape character for sessions with a pty (default: |
261 | .Ql ~ ) . | |
610cd5c6 | 262 | The escape character is only recognized at the beginning of a line. |
263 | The escape character followed by a dot | |
bf740959 | 264 | .Pq Ql \&. |
5f4a0c58 | 265 | closes the connection; |
266 | followed by control-Z suspends the connection; | |
267 | and followed by itself sends the escape character once. | |
610cd5c6 | 268 | Setting the character to |
bf740959 | 269 | .Dq none |
270 | disables any escapes and makes the session fully transparent. | |
5f4a0c58 | 271 | .It Fl F Ar configfile |
272 | Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file. | |
273 | If a configuration file is given on the command line, | |
274 | the system-wide configuration file | |
275 | .Pq Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config | |
276 | will be ignored. | |
277 | The default for the per-user configuration file is | |
140e3e97 | 278 | .Pa ~/.ssh/config . |
bf740959 | 279 | .It Fl f |
280 | Requests | |
281 | .Nm | |
610cd5c6 | 282 | to go to background just before command execution. |
283 | This is useful if | |
bf740959 | 284 | .Nm |
285 | is going to ask for passwords or passphrases, but the user | |
610cd5c6 | 286 | wants it in the background. |
f54651ce | 287 | This implies |
bf740959 | 288 | .Fl n . |
289 | The recommended way to start X11 programs at a remote site is with | |
290 | something like | |
291 | .Ic ssh -f host xterm . | |
7b2ea3a1 | 292 | .It Fl g |
293 | Allows remote hosts to connect to local forwarded ports. | |
5f4a0c58 | 294 | .It Fl I Ar smartcard_device |
86131206 | 295 | Specify the device |
5f4a0c58 | 296 | .Nm |
297 | should use to communicate with a smartcard used for storing the user's | |
298 | private RSA key. | |
86131206 | 299 | This option is only available if support for smartcard devices |
300 | is compiled in (default is no support). | |
bf740959 | 301 | .It Fl i Ar identity_file |
cf5a07a8 | 302 | Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for |
fa08c86b | 303 | RSA or DSA authentication is read. |
cf5a07a8 | 304 | The default is |
140e3e97 | 305 | .Pa ~/.ssh/identity |
cf5a07a8 | 306 | for protocol version 1, and |
140e3e97 | 307 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa |
cf5a07a8 | 308 | and |
140e3e97 | 309 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa |
cf5a07a8 | 310 | for protocol version 2. |
610cd5c6 | 311 | Identity files may also be specified on |
312 | a per-host basis in the configuration file. | |
313 | It is possible to have multiple | |
bf740959 | 314 | .Fl i |
315 | options (and multiple identities specified in | |
316 | configuration files). | |
bf740959 | 317 | .It Fl k |
f7926e97 | 318 | Disables forwarding (delegation) of GSSAPI credentials to the server. |
5f4a0c58 | 319 | .It Fl L Xo |
320 | .Sm off | |
3867aa0a | 321 | .Oo Ar bind_address : Oc |
5f4a0c58 | 322 | .Ar port : host : hostport |
323 | .Sm on | |
324 | .Xc | |
325 | Specifies that the given port on the local (client) host is to be | |
326 | forwarded to the given host and port on the remote side. | |
327 | This works by allocating a socket to listen to | |
328 | .Ar port | |
3867aa0a | 329 | on the local side, optionally bound to the specified |
330 | .Ar bind_address . | |
331 | Whenever a connection is made to this port, the | |
5f4a0c58 | 332 | connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is |
333 | made to | |
334 | .Ar host | |
335 | port | |
336 | .Ar hostport | |
337 | from the remote machine. | |
338 | Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file. | |
5f4a0c58 | 339 | IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax: |
340 | .Sm off | |
341 | .Xo | |
6d7a9e8f | 342 | .Op Ar bind_address No / |
5f4a0c58 | 343 | .Ar port No / Ar host No / |
3867aa0a | 344 | .Ar hostport |
5f4a0c58 | 345 | .Xc |
346 | .Sm on | |
3867aa0a | 347 | or by enclosing the address in square brackets. |
348 | Only the superuser can forward privileged ports. | |
349 | By default, the local port is bound in accordance with the | |
350 | .Cm GatewayPorts | |
351 | setting. | |
352 | However, an explicit | |
353 | .Ar bind_address | |
354 | may be used to bind the connection to a specific address. | |
355 | The | |
356 | .Ar bind_address | |
357 | of | |
358 | .Dq localhost | |
6c7e3b94 | 359 | indicates that the listening port be bound for local use only, while an |
360 | empty address or | |
361 | .Sq * | |
3867aa0a | 362 | indicates that the port should be available from all interfaces. |
bf740959 | 363 | .It Fl l Ar login_name |
610cd5c6 | 364 | Specifies the user to log in as on the remote machine. |
365 | This also may be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file. | |
5e96b616 | 366 | .It Fl M |
367 | Places the | |
368 | .Nm | |
369 | client into | |
370 | .Dq master | |
371 | mode for connection sharing. | |
f470cf48 | 372 | Multiple |
373 | .Fl M | |
374 | options places | |
375 | .Nm | |
376 | into | |
377 | .Dq master | |
378 | mode with confirmation required before slave connections are accepted. | |
5e96b616 | 379 | Refer to the description of |
380 | .Cm ControlMaster | |
381 | in | |
382 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
383 | for details. | |
9affc5db | 384 | .It Fl m Ar mac_spec |
385 | Additionally, for protocol version 2 a comma-separated list of MAC | |
386 | (message authentication code) algorithms can | |
387 | be specified in order of preference. | |
388 | See the | |
389 | .Cm MACs | |
390 | keyword for more information. | |
5f4a0c58 | 391 | .It Fl N |
392 | Do not execute a remote command. | |
393 | This is useful for just forwarding ports | |
394 | (protocol version 2 only). | |
bf740959 | 395 | .It Fl n |
396 | Redirects stdin from | |
397 | .Pa /dev/null | |
398 | (actually, prevents reading from stdin). | |
399 | This must be used when | |
400 | .Nm | |
610cd5c6 | 401 | is run in the background. |
402 | A common trick is to use this to run X11 programs on a remote machine. | |
403 | For example, | |
bf740959 | 404 | .Ic ssh -n shadows.cs.hut.fi emacs & |
405 | will start an emacs on shadows.cs.hut.fi, and the X11 | |
406 | connection will be automatically forwarded over an encrypted channel. | |
407 | The | |
408 | .Nm | |
409 | program will be put in the background. | |
410 | (This does not work if | |
411 | .Nm | |
412 | needs to ask for a password or passphrase; see also the | |
413 | .Fl f | |
414 | option.) | |
cf848a5e | 415 | .It Fl O Ar ctl_cmd |
416 | Control an active connection multiplexing master process. | |
417 | When the | |
418 | .Fl O | |
419 | option is specified, the | |
420 | .Ar ctl_cmd | |
421 | argument is interpreted and passed to the master process. | |
422 | Valid commands are: | |
423 | .Dq check | |
424 | (check that the master process is running) and | |
425 | .Dq exit | |
426 | (request the master to exit). | |
bf740959 | 427 | .It Fl o Ar option |
38539909 | 428 | Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file. |
bf740959 | 429 | This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate |
610cd5c6 | 430 | command-line flag. |
5f4a0c58 | 431 | For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see |
432 | .Xr ssh_config 5 . | |
433 | .Pp | |
434 | .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact | |
435 | .It AddressFamily | |
436 | .It BatchMode | |
437 | .It BindAddress | |
438 | .It ChallengeResponseAuthentication | |
439 | .It CheckHostIP | |
440 | .It Cipher | |
441 | .It Ciphers | |
442 | .It ClearAllForwardings | |
443 | .It Compression | |
444 | .It CompressionLevel | |
445 | .It ConnectionAttempts | |
20b267fb | 446 | .It ConnectTimeout |
5e96b616 | 447 | .It ControlMaster |
448 | .It ControlPath | |
5f4a0c58 | 449 | .It DynamicForward |
5f4a0c58 | 450 | .It EscapeChar |
451 | .It ForwardAgent | |
452 | .It ForwardX11 | |
d73a67d7 | 453 | .It ForwardX11Trusted |
5f4a0c58 | 454 | .It GatewayPorts |
455 | .It GlobalKnownHostsFile | |
456 | .It GSSAPIAuthentication | |
457 | .It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials | |
5c63c2ab | 458 | .It HashKnownHosts |
5f4a0c58 | 459 | .It Host |
460 | .It HostbasedAuthentication | |
461 | .It HostKeyAlgorithms | |
462 | .It HostKeyAlias | |
463 | .It HostName | |
464 | .It IdentityFile | |
3a065ed0 | 465 | .It IdentitiesOnly |
396070f8 | 466 | .It KbdInteractiveDevices |
d20f3c9e | 467 | .It LocalCommand |
5f4a0c58 | 468 | .It LocalForward |
469 | .It LogLevel | |
470 | .It MACs | |
471 | .It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost | |
472 | .It NumberOfPasswordPrompts | |
473 | .It PasswordAuthentication | |
d20f3c9e | 474 | .It PermitLocalCommand |
5f4a0c58 | 475 | .It Port |
476 | .It PreferredAuthentications | |
477 | .It Protocol | |
478 | .It ProxyCommand | |
479 | .It PubkeyAuthentication | |
480 | .It RemoteForward | |
481 | .It RhostsRSAAuthentication | |
482 | .It RSAAuthentication | |
8e99a198 | 483 | .It SendEnv |
5d8d32a3 | 484 | .It ServerAliveInterval |
485 | .It ServerAliveCountMax | |
5f4a0c58 | 486 | .It SmartcardDevice |
487 | .It StrictHostKeyChecking | |
fd573618 | 488 | .It TCPKeepAlive |
d20f3c9e | 489 | .It Tunnel |
490 | .It TunnelDevice | |
5f4a0c58 | 491 | .It UsePrivilegedPort |
492 | .It User | |
493 | .It UserKnownHostsFile | |
494 | .It VerifyHostKeyDNS | |
495 | .It XAuthLocation | |
496 | .El | |
bf740959 | 497 | .It Fl p Ar port |
610cd5c6 | 498 | Port to connect to on the remote host. |
499 | This can be specified on a | |
bf740959 | 500 | per-host basis in the configuration file. |
bf740959 | 501 | .It Fl q |
610cd5c6 | 502 | Quiet mode. |
503 | Causes all warning and diagnostic messages to be suppressed. | |
5f4a0c58 | 504 | .It Fl R Xo |
505 | .Sm off | |
3867aa0a | 506 | .Oo Ar bind_address : Oc |
5f4a0c58 | 507 | .Ar port : host : hostport |
508 | .Sm on | |
509 | .Xc | |
510 | Specifies that the given port on the remote (server) host is to be | |
511 | forwarded to the given host and port on the local side. | |
512 | This works by allocating a socket to listen to | |
513 | .Ar port | |
514 | on the remote side, and whenever a connection is made to this port, the | |
515 | connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is | |
516 | made to | |
517 | .Ar host | |
518 | port | |
519 | .Ar hostport | |
520 | from the local machine. | |
3867aa0a | 521 | .Pp |
5f4a0c58 | 522 | Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file. |
523 | Privileged ports can be forwarded only when | |
524 | logging in as root on the remote machine. | |
3867aa0a | 525 | IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing the address in square braces or |
526 | using an alternative syntax: | |
3867aa0a | 527 | .Sm off |
6c7e3b94 | 528 | .Xo |
6d7a9e8f | 529 | .Op Ar bind_address No / |
6c7e3b94 | 530 | .Ar host No / Ar port No / |
531 | .Ar hostport | |
3867aa0a | 532 | .Xc . |
6c7e3b94 | 533 | .Sm on |
3867aa0a | 534 | .Pp |
535 | By default, the listening socket on the server will be bound to the loopback | |
536 | interface only. | |
537 | This may be overriden by specifying a | |
538 | .Ar bind_address . | |
6c7e3b94 | 539 | An empty |
540 | .Ar bind_address , | |
3867aa0a | 541 | or the address |
6c7e3b94 | 542 | .Ql * , |
3867aa0a | 543 | indicates that the remote socket should listen on all interfaces. |
544 | Specifying a remote | |
545 | .Ar bind_address | |
6c7e3b94 | 546 | will only succeed if the server's |
547 | .Cm GatewayPorts | |
3867aa0a | 548 | option is enabled (see |
6c7e3b94 | 549 | .Xr sshd_config 5 ) . |
f8c6db83 | 550 | .It Fl S Ar ctl_path |
9affc5db | 551 | Specifies the location of a control socket for connection sharing. |
5e96b616 | 552 | Refer to the description of |
0e19494c | 553 | .Cm ControlPath |
554 | and | |
5e96b616 | 555 | .Cm ControlMaster |
556 | in | |
557 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
558 | for details. | |
ae810de7 | 559 | .It Fl s |
3cbc677d | 560 | May be used to request invocation of a subsystem on the remote system. |
561 | Subsystems are a feature of the SSH2 protocol which facilitate the use | |
5f4a0c58 | 562 | of SSH as a secure transport for other applications (eg.\& |
563 | .Xr sftp 1 ) . | |
3cbc677d | 564 | The subsystem is specified as the remote command. |
5f4a0c58 | 565 | .It Fl T |
566 | Disable pseudo-tty allocation. | |
bf740959 | 567 | .It Fl t |
610cd5c6 | 568 | Force pseudo-tty allocation. |
4fe2af09 | 569 | This can be used to execute arbitrary |
610cd5c6 | 570 | screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be very useful, |
571 | e.g., when implementing menu services. | |
8abcdba4 | 572 | Multiple |
573 | .Fl t | |
574 | options force tty allocation, even if | |
575 | .Nm | |
576 | has no local tty. | |
5f4a0c58 | 577 | .It Fl V |
578 | Display the version number and exit. | |
bf740959 | 579 | .It Fl v |
610cd5c6 | 580 | Verbose mode. |
581 | Causes | |
bf740959 | 582 | .Nm |
442c8b33 | 583 | to print debugging messages about its progress. |
584 | This is helpful in | |
585 | debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems. | |
586 | Multiple | |
587 | .Fl v | |
588 | options increase the verbosity. | |
589 | The maximum is 3. | |
590 | .It Fl w Ar tunnel : Ns Ar tunnel | |
591 | Requests a | |
592 | .Xr tun 4 | |
9bf41db3 | 593 | device on the client |
594 | (first | |
595 | .Ar tunnel | |
596 | arg) | |
597 | and server | |
598 | (second | |
599 | .Ar tunnel | |
600 | arg). | |
601 | The devices may be specified by numerical ID or the keyword | |
602 | .Dq any , | |
603 | which uses the next available tunnel device. | |
604 | See also the | |
442c8b33 | 605 | .Cm Tunnel |
606 | directive in | |
607 | .Xr ssh_config 5 . | |
608 | .It Fl X | |
609 | Enables X11 forwarding. | |
610 | This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file. | |
611 | .Pp | |
612 | X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. | |
613 | Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host | |
614 | (for the user's X authorization database) | |
615 | can access the local X11 display through the forwarded connection. | |
616 | An attacker may then be able to perform activities such as keystroke monitoring. | |
617 | .Pp | |
618 | For this reason, X11 forwarding is subjected to X11 SECURITY extension | |
619 | restrictions by default. | |
620 | Please refer to the | |
621 | .Nm | |
622 | .Fl Y | |
623 | option and the | |
624 | .Cm ForwardX11Trusted | |
625 | directive in | |
626 | .Xr ssh_config 5 | |
627 | for more information. | |
628 | .It Fl x | |
629 | Disables X11 forwarding. | |
630 | .It Fl Y | |
631 | Enables trusted X11 forwarding. | |
632 | Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension | |
633 | controls. | |
634 | .El | |
e6c7c03e | 635 | .Pp |
636 | .Nm | |
637 | may additionally obtain configuration data from | |
638 | a per-user configuration file and a system-wide configuration file. | |
639 | The file format and configuration options are described in | |
640 | .Xr ssh_config 5 . | |
641 | .Pp | |
642 | .Nm | |
643 | exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255 | |
644 | if an error occurred. | |
6b0117fd | 645 | .Sh AUTHENTICATION |
646 | The OpenSSH SSH client supports OpenSSH protocols 1 and 2. | |
647 | Protocol 2 is the default, with | |
648 | .Nm | |
649 | falling back to protocol 1 if it detects protocol 2 is unsupported. | |
650 | These settings may be altered using the | |
651 | .Cm Protocol | |
652 | option in | |
653 | .Xr ssh_config 5 , | |
654 | or enforced using the | |
655 | .Fl 1 | |
656 | and | |
657 | .Fl 2 | |
658 | options (see above). | |
659 | Both protocols support similar authentication methods, | |
660 | but protocol 2 is preferred since | |
661 | it provides additional mechanisms for confidentiality | |
662 | (the traffic is encrypted using AES, 3DES, Blowfish, CAST128, or Arcfour) | |
663 | and integrity (hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-ripemd160). | |
664 | Protocol 1 lacks a strong mechanism for ensuring the | |
665 | integrity of the connection. | |
666 | .Pp | |
667 | The methods available for authentication are: | |
668 | host-based authentication, | |
669 | public key authentication, | |
670 | challenge-response authentication, | |
671 | and password authentication. | |
672 | Authentication methods are tried in the order specified above, | |
673 | though protocol 2 has a configuration option to change the default order: | |
674 | .Cm PreferredAuthentications . | |
675 | .Pp | |
676 | Host-based authentication works as follows: | |
442c8b33 | 677 | If the machine the user logs in from is listed in |
678 | .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv | |
679 | or | |
680 | .Pa /etc/shosts.equiv | |
681 | on the remote machine, and the user names are | |
682 | the same on both sides, or if the files | |
683 | .Pa ~/.rhosts | |
684 | or | |
685 | .Pa ~/.shosts | |
686 | exist in the user's home directory on the | |
687 | remote machine and contain a line containing the name of the client | |
688 | machine and the name of the user on that machine, the user is | |
6b0117fd | 689 | considered for login. |
690 | Additionally, the server | |
691 | .Em must | |
692 | be able to verify the client's | |
693 | host key (see the description of | |
442c8b33 | 694 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts |
695 | and | |
6b0117fd | 696 | .Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts , |
697 | below) | |
698 | for login to be permitted. | |
442c8b33 | 699 | This authentication method closes security holes due to IP |
6b0117fd | 700 | spoofing, DNS spoofing, and routing spoofing. |
442c8b33 | 701 | [Note to the administrator: |
702 | .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv , | |
703 | .Pa ~/.rhosts , | |
704 | and the rlogin/rsh protocol in general, are inherently insecure and should be | |
705 | disabled if security is desired.] | |
706 | .Pp | |
6b0117fd | 707 | Public key authentication works as follows: |
708 | The scheme is based on public-key cryptography, | |
709 | using cryptosystems | |
710 | where encryption and decryption are done using separate keys, | |
711 | and it is unfeasible to derive the decryption key from the encryption key. | |
442c8b33 | 712 | The idea is that each user creates a public/private |
713 | key pair for authentication purposes. | |
714 | The server knows the public key, and only the user knows the private key. | |
6b0117fd | 715 | .Nm |
716 | implements public key authentication protocol automatically, | |
717 | using either the RSA or DSA algorithms. | |
718 | Protocol 1 is restricted to using only RSA keys, | |
719 | but protocol 2 may use either. | |
720 | The | |
721 | .Sx HISTORY | |
722 | section of | |
723 | .Xr ssl 8 | |
724 | contains a brief discussion of the two algorithms. | |
442c8b33 | 725 | .Pp |
726 | The file | |
727 | .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys | |
728 | lists the public keys that are permitted for logging in. | |
729 | When the user logs in, the | |
730 | .Nm | |
731 | program tells the server which key pair it would like to use for | |
732 | authentication. | |
6b0117fd | 733 | The client proves that it has access to the private key |
734 | and the server checks that the corresponding public key | |
735 | is authorized to accept the account. | |
442c8b33 | 736 | .Pp |
6b0117fd | 737 | The user creates his/her key pair by running |
442c8b33 | 738 | .Xr ssh-keygen 1 . |
739 | This stores the private key in | |
740 | .Pa ~/.ssh/identity | |
6b0117fd | 741 | (protocol 1), |
742 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa | |
743 | (protocol 2 DSA), | |
744 | or | |
745 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa | |
746 | (protocol 2 RSA) | |
442c8b33 | 747 | and stores the public key in |
748 | .Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub | |
6b0117fd | 749 | (protocol 1), |
750 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | |
751 | (protocol 2 DSA), | |
752 | or | |
753 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | |
754 | (protocol 2 RSA) | |
442c8b33 | 755 | in the user's home directory. |
6b0117fd | 756 | The user should then copy the public key |
442c8b33 | 757 | to |
758 | .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys | |
6b0117fd | 759 | in his/her home directory on the remote machine. |
760 | The | |
442c8b33 | 761 | .Pa authorized_keys |
762 | file corresponds to the conventional | |
763 | .Pa ~/.rhosts | |
764 | file, and has one key | |
6b0117fd | 765 | per line, though the lines can be very long. |
442c8b33 | 766 | After this, the user can log in without giving the password. |
767 | .Pp | |
6b0117fd | 768 | The most convenient way to use public key authentication may be with an |
442c8b33 | 769 | authentication agent. |
770 | See | |
771 | .Xr ssh-agent 1 | |
772 | for more information. | |
773 | .Pp | |
6b0117fd | 774 | Challenge-response authentication works as follows: |
775 | The server sends an arbitrary | |
776 | .Qq challenge | |
777 | text, and prompts for a response. | |
778 | Protocol 2 allows multiple challenges and responses; | |
779 | protocol 1 is restricted to just one challenge/response. | |
780 | Examples of challenge-response authentication include | |
781 | BSD Authentication (see | |
782 | .Xr login.conf 5 ) | |
783 | and PAM (some non-OpenBSD systems). | |
784 | .Pp | |
785 | Finally, if other authentication methods fail, | |
442c8b33 | 786 | .Nm |
787 | prompts the user for a password. | |
788 | The password is sent to the remote | |
789 | host for checking; however, since all communications are encrypted, | |
790 | the password cannot be seen by someone listening on the network. | |
4b5e6c81 | 791 | .Pp |
792 | .Nm | |
793 | automatically maintains and checks a database containing | |
794 | identification for all hosts it has ever been used with. | |
795 | Host keys are stored in | |
796 | .Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts | |
797 | in the user's home directory. | |
798 | Additionally, the file | |
799 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts | |
800 | is automatically checked for known hosts. | |
801 | Any new hosts are automatically added to the user's file. | |
802 | If a host's identification ever changes, | |
803 | .Nm | |
804 | warns about this and disables password authentication to prevent | |
805 | server spoofing or man-in-the-middle attacks, | |
806 | which could otherwise be used to circumvent the encryption. | |
807 | The | |
808 | .Cm StrictHostKeyChecking | |
809 | option can be used to control logins to machines whose | |
810 | host key is not known or has changed. | |
811 | .Pp | |
812 | .Nm | |
813 | can be configured to verify host identification using fingerprint resource | |
814 | records (SSHFP) published in DNS. | |
815 | The | |
816 | .Cm VerifyHostKeyDNS | |
817 | option can be used to control how DNS lookups are performed. | |
818 | SSHFP resource records can be generated using | |
819 | .Xr ssh-keygen 1 . | |
820 | .Pp | |
442c8b33 | 821 | When the user's identity has been accepted by the server, the server |
822 | either executes the given command, or logs into the machine and gives | |
823 | the user a normal shell on the remote machine. | |
824 | All communication with | |
825 | the remote command or shell will be automatically encrypted. | |
826 | .Pp | |
827 | If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the | |
828 | user may use the escape characters noted below. | |
829 | .Pp | |
830 | If no pseudo-tty has been allocated, | |
831 | the session is transparent and can be used to reliably transfer binary data. | |
832 | On most systems, setting the escape character to | |
833 | .Dq none | |
834 | will also make the session transparent even if a tty is used. | |
835 | .Pp | |
836 | The session terminates when the command or shell on the remote | |
837 | machine exits and all X11 and TCP/IP connections have been closed. | |
5c5546be | 838 | .Sh ESCAPE CHARACTERS |
442c8b33 | 839 | When a pseudo-terminal has been requested, |
840 | .Nm | |
841 | supports a number of functions through the use of an escape character. | |
842 | .Pp | |
843 | A single tilde character can be sent as | |
844 | .Ic ~~ | |
845 | or by following the tilde by a character other than those described below. | |
846 | The escape character must always follow a newline to be interpreted as | |
847 | special. | |
848 | The escape character can be changed in configuration files using the | |
849 | .Cm EscapeChar | |
850 | configuration directive or on the command line by the | |
851 | .Fl e | |
852 | option. | |
853 | .Pp | |
854 | The supported escapes (assuming the default | |
855 | .Ql ~ ) | |
856 | are: | |
857 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
858 | .It Cm ~. | |
859 | Disconnect. | |
860 | .It Cm ~^Z | |
861 | Background | |
20892533 | 862 | .Nm . |
442c8b33 | 863 | .It Cm ~# |
864 | List forwarded connections. | |
865 | .It Cm ~& | |
866 | Background | |
867 | .Nm | |
868 | at logout when waiting for forwarded connection / X11 sessions to terminate. | |
869 | .It Cm ~? | |
870 | Display a list of escape characters. | |
871 | .It Cm ~B | |
872 | Send a BREAK to the remote system | |
873 | (only useful for SSH protocol version 2 and if the peer supports it). | |
874 | .It Cm ~C | |
875 | Open command line. | |
876 | Currently this allows the addition of port forwardings using the | |
877 | .Fl L | |
878 | and | |
879 | .Fl R | |
e49f7abd | 880 | options (see above). |
442c8b33 | 881 | It also allows the cancellation of existing remote port-forwardings |
882 | using | |
883 | .Fl KR Ar hostport . | |
884 | .Ic !\& Ns Ar command | |
885 | allows the user to execute a local command if the | |
886 | .Ic PermitLocalCommand | |
887 | option is enabled in | |
888 | .Xr ssh_config 5 . | |
889 | Basic help is available, using the | |
890 | .Fl h | |
891 | option. | |
892 | .It Cm ~R | |
893 | Request rekeying of the connection | |
894 | (only useful for SSH protocol version 2 and if the peer supports it). | |
895 | .El | |
5c5546be | 896 | .Sh X11 AND TCP FORWARDING |
442c8b33 | 897 | If the |
898 | .Cm ForwardX11 | |
899 | variable is set to | |
900 | .Dq yes | |
901 | (or see the description of the | |
6cd6c442 | 902 | .Fl X , |
903 | .Fl x , | |
442c8b33 | 904 | and |
6cd6c442 | 905 | .Fl Y |
8770ef76 | 906 | options above) |
442c8b33 | 907 | and the user is using X11 (the |
908 | .Ev DISPLAY | |
909 | environment variable is set), the connection to the X11 display is | |
910 | automatically forwarded to the remote side in such a way that any X11 | |
911 | programs started from the shell (or command) will go through the | |
912 | encrypted channel, and the connection to the real X server will be made | |
913 | from the local machine. | |
914 | The user should not manually set | |
915 | .Ev DISPLAY . | |
916 | Forwarding of X11 connections can be | |
917 | configured on the command line or in configuration files. | |
918 | .Pp | |
919 | The | |
920 | .Ev DISPLAY | |
921 | value set by | |
922 | .Nm | |
923 | will point to the server machine, but with a display number greater than zero. | |
924 | This is normal, and happens because | |
925 | .Nm | |
926 | creates a | |
927 | .Dq proxy | |
928 | X server on the server machine for forwarding the | |
929 | connections over the encrypted channel. | |
930 | .Pp | |
931 | .Nm | |
932 | will also automatically set up Xauthority data on the server machine. | |
933 | For this purpose, it will generate a random authorization cookie, | |
934 | store it in Xauthority on the server, and verify that any forwarded | |
935 | connections carry this cookie and replace it by the real cookie when | |
936 | the connection is opened. | |
937 | The real authentication cookie is never | |
938 | sent to the server machine (and no cookies are sent in the plain). | |
939 | .Pp | |
940 | If the | |
941 | .Cm ForwardAgent | |
942 | variable is set to | |
943 | .Dq yes | |
944 | (or see the description of the | |
945 | .Fl A | |
946 | and | |
947 | .Fl a | |
8770ef76 | 948 | options above) and |
442c8b33 | 949 | the user is using an authentication agent, the connection to the agent |
950 | is automatically forwarded to the remote side. | |
951 | .Pp | |
952 | Forwarding of arbitrary TCP/IP connections over the secure channel can | |
953 | be specified either on the command line or in a configuration file. | |
954 | One possible application of TCP/IP forwarding is a secure connection to an | |
955 | electronic purse; another is going through firewalls. | |
bf740959 | 956 | .Sh ENVIRONMENT |
957 | .Nm | |
958 | will normally set the following environment variables: | |
5f4a0c58 | 959 | .Bl -tag -width LOGNAME |
bf740959 | 960 | .It Ev DISPLAY |
961 | The | |
962 | .Ev DISPLAY | |
610cd5c6 | 963 | variable indicates the location of the X11 server. |
f54651ce | 964 | It is automatically set by |
bf740959 | 965 | .Nm |
966 | to point to a value of the form | |
b92605e1 | 967 | .Dq hostname:n , |
968 | where | |
969 | .Dq hostname | |
970 | indicates the host where the shell runs, and | |
971 | .Sq n | |
972 | is an integer \*(Ge 1. | |
610cd5c6 | 973 | .Nm |
974 | uses this special value to forward X11 connections over the secure | |
975 | channel. | |
da89cf4d | 976 | The user should normally not set |
977 | .Ev DISPLAY | |
978 | explicitly, as that | |
bf740959 | 979 | will render the X11 connection insecure (and will require the user to |
980 | manually copy any required authorization cookies). | |
981 | .It Ev HOME | |
982 | Set to the path of the user's home directory. | |
983 | .It Ev LOGNAME | |
984 | Synonym for | |
985 | .Ev USER ; | |
986 | set for compatibility with systems that use this variable. | |
987 | .It Ev MAIL | |
ae897d7c | 988 | Set to the path of the user's mailbox. |
610cd5c6 | 989 | .It Ev PATH |
bf740959 | 990 | Set to the default |
991 | .Ev PATH , | |
992 | as specified when compiling | |
20892533 | 993 | .Nm . |
3474b2b4 | 994 | .It Ev SSH_ASKPASS |
995 | If | |
996 | .Nm | |
997 | needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the current | |
998 | terminal if it was run from a terminal. | |
999 | If | |
1000 | .Nm | |
1001 | does not have a terminal associated with it but | |
1002 | .Ev DISPLAY | |
1003 | and | |
1004 | .Ev SSH_ASKPASS | |
1005 | are set, it will execute the program specified by | |
1006 | .Ev SSH_ASKPASS | |
1007 | and open an X11 window to read the passphrase. | |
1008 | This is particularly useful when calling | |
1009 | .Nm | |
1010 | from a | |
caeffafb | 1011 | .Pa .xsession |
3474b2b4 | 1012 | or related script. |
1013 | (Note that on some machines it | |
1014 | may be necessary to redirect the input from | |
1015 | .Pa /dev/null | |
1016 | to make this work.) | |
bf740959 | 1017 | .It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK |
b92605e1 | 1018 | Identifies the path of a |
1019 | .Ux Ns -domain | |
1020 | socket used to communicate with the agent. | |
da0561eb | 1021 | .It Ev SSH_CONNECTION |
1022 | Identifies the client and server ends of the connection. | |
610cd5c6 | 1023 | The variable contains |
b92605e1 | 1024 | four space-separated values: client IP address, client port number, |
1025 | server IP address, and server port number. | |
8abcdba4 | 1026 | .It Ev SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND |
b92605e1 | 1027 | This variable contains the original command line if a forced command |
8abcdba4 | 1028 | is executed. |
1029 | It can be used to extract the original arguments. | |
bf740959 | 1030 | .It Ev SSH_TTY |
1031 | This is set to the name of the tty (path to the device) associated | |
610cd5c6 | 1032 | with the current shell or command. |
1033 | If the current session has no tty, | |
bf740959 | 1034 | this variable is not set. |
1035 | .It Ev TZ | |
04ac3e62 | 1036 | This variable is set to indicate the present time zone if it |
c345cf9d | 1037 | was set when the daemon was started (i.e., the daemon passes the value |
bf740959 | 1038 | on to new connections). |
1039 | .It Ev USER | |
1040 | Set to the name of the user logging in. | |
1041 | .El | |
1042 | .Pp | |
f54651ce | 1043 | Additionally, |
bf740959 | 1044 | .Nm |
f54651ce | 1045 | reads |
140e3e97 | 1046 | .Pa ~/.ssh/environment , |
bf740959 | 1047 | and adds lines of the format |
1048 | .Dq VARNAME=value | |
b92605e1 | 1049 | to the environment if the file exists and users are allowed to |
6a342527 | 1050 | change their environment. |
5f4a0c58 | 1051 | For more information, see the |
6a342527 | 1052 | .Cm PermitUserEnvironment |
35453849 | 1053 | option in |
6a342527 | 1054 | .Xr sshd_config 5 . |
bf740959 | 1055 | .Sh FILES |
c8d54615 | 1056 | .Bl -tag -width Ds |
140e3e97 | 1057 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts |
ae897d7c | 1058 | Records host keys for all hosts the user has logged into that are not |
bf740959 | 1059 | in |
2a8a6488 | 1060 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts . |
bf740959 | 1061 | See |
1062 | .Xr sshd 8 . | |
140e3e97 | 1063 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/identity, ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_rsa |
c0ecc314 | 1064 | Contains the authentication identity of the user. |
1065 | They are for protocol 1 RSA, protocol 2 DSA, and protocol 2 RSA, respectively. | |
1d1ffb87 | 1066 | These files |
1067 | contain sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not | |
bf740959 | 1068 | accessible by others (read/write/execute). |
1069 | Note that | |
1070 | .Nm | |
1d1ffb87 | 1071 | ignores a private key file if it is accessible by others. |
bf740959 | 1072 | It is possible to specify a passphrase when |
1073 | generating the key; the passphrase will be used to encrypt the | |
1074 | sensitive part of this file using 3DES. | |
140e3e97 | 1075 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub, ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub, ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub |
bf740959 | 1076 | Contains the public key for authentication (public part of the |
610cd5c6 | 1077 | identity file in human-readable form). |
1d1ffb87 | 1078 | The contents of the |
140e3e97 | 1079 | .Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub |
5f4a0c58 | 1080 | file should be added to the file |
140e3e97 | 1081 | .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys |
bf740959 | 1082 | on all machines |
91789042 | 1083 | where the user wishes to log in using protocol version 1 RSA authentication. |
1d1ffb87 | 1084 | The contents of the |
140e3e97 | 1085 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub |
c0ecc314 | 1086 | and |
140e3e97 | 1087 | .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub |
1d1ffb87 | 1088 | file should be added to |
140e3e97 | 1089 | .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys |
1d1ffb87 | 1090 | on all machines |
91789042 | 1091 | where the user wishes to log in using protocol version 2 DSA/RSA authentication. |
1d1ffb87 | 1092 | These files are not |
610cd5c6 | 1093 | sensitive and can (but need not) be readable by anyone. |
1d1ffb87 | 1094 | These files are |
c44559d2 | 1095 | never used automatically and are not necessary; they are only provided for |
bf740959 | 1096 | the convenience of the user. |
140e3e97 | 1097 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/config |
610cd5c6 | 1098 | This is the per-user configuration file. |
588df31a | 1099 | The file format and configuration options are described in |
1100 | .Xr ssh_config 5 . | |
e1520719 | 1101 | Because of the potential for abuse, this file must have strict permissions: |
1102 | read/write for the user, and not accessible by others. | |
140e3e97 | 1103 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys |
96a7b0cc | 1104 | Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in as this user. |
610cd5c6 | 1105 | The format of this file is described in the |
bf740959 | 1106 | .Xr sshd 8 |
610cd5c6 | 1107 | manual page. |
5f4a0c58 | 1108 | In the simplest form the format is the same as the |
1109 | .Pa .pub | |
f49bc4f7 | 1110 | identity files. |
1d1ffb87 | 1111 | This file is not highly sensitive, but the recommended |
1112 | permissions are read/write for the user, and not accessible by others. | |
2a8a6488 | 1113 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts |
610cd5c6 | 1114 | Systemwide list of known host keys. |
f49bc4f7 | 1115 | This file should be prepared by the |
bf740959 | 1116 | system administrator to contain the public host keys of all machines in the |
610cd5c6 | 1117 | organization. |
1118 | This file should be world-readable. | |
1119 | This file contains | |
bf740959 | 1120 | public keys, one per line, in the following format (fields separated |
f49bc4f7 | 1121 | by spaces): system name, public key and optional comment field. |
610cd5c6 | 1122 | When different names are used |
bf740959 | 1123 | for the same machine, all such names should be listed, separated by |
610cd5c6 | 1124 | commas. |
5f4a0c58 | 1125 | The format is described in the |
bf740959 | 1126 | .Xr sshd 8 |
1127 | manual page. | |
1128 | .Pp | |
1129 | The canonical system name (as returned by name servers) is used by | |
1130 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
1131 | to verify the client host when logging in; other names are needed because | |
1132 | .Nm | |
1133 | does not convert the user-supplied name to a canonical name before | |
1134 | checking the key, because someone with access to the name servers | |
1135 | would then be able to fool host authentication. | |
2a8a6488 | 1136 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config |
610cd5c6 | 1137 | Systemwide configuration file. |
588df31a | 1138 | The file format and configuration options are described in |
1139 | .Xr ssh_config 5 . | |
2a8a6488 | 1140 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key |
dd58cb5e | 1141 | These three files contain the private parts of the host keys |
1142 | and are used for | |
1143 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication | |
1144 | and | |
1145 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication . | |
d83cbdc3 | 1146 | If the protocol version 1 |
1147 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication | |
7203d6bb | 1148 | method is used, |
d83cbdc3 | 1149 | .Nm |
1150 | must be setuid root, since the host key is readable only by root. | |
1151 | For protocol version 2, | |
1152 | .Nm | |
1153 | uses | |
1154 | .Xr ssh-keysign 8 | |
1155 | to access the host keys for | |
1156 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication . | |
1157 | This eliminates the requirement that | |
1158 | .Nm | |
1159 | be setuid root when that authentication method is used. | |
1160 | By default | |
dd58cb5e | 1161 | .Nm |
d83cbdc3 | 1162 | is not setuid root. |
140e3e97 | 1163 | .It Pa ~/.rhosts |
bf740959 | 1164 | This file is used in |
6f5abc1e | 1165 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication |
1166 | and | |
1167 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication | |
bf740959 | 1168 | authentication to list the |
610cd5c6 | 1169 | host/user pairs that are permitted to log in. |
1170 | (Note that this file is | |
bf740959 | 1171 | also used by rlogin and rsh, which makes using this file insecure.) |
1172 | Each line of the file contains a host name (in the canonical form | |
1173 | returned by name servers), and then a user name on that host, | |
610cd5c6 | 1174 | separated by a space. |
e91c60f2 | 1175 | On some machines this file may need to be |
bf740959 | 1176 | world-readable if the user's home directory is on a NFS partition, |
1177 | because | |
1178 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
610cd5c6 | 1179 | reads it as root. |
1180 | Additionally, this file must be owned by the user, | |
1181 | and must not have write permissions for anyone else. | |
1182 | The recommended | |
bf740959 | 1183 | permission for most machines is read/write for the user, and not |
1184 | accessible by others. | |
1185 | .Pp | |
6f5abc1e | 1186 | Note that |
bf740959 | 1187 | .Xr sshd 8 |
6f5abc1e | 1188 | allows authentication only in combination with client host key |
1189 | authentication before permitting log in. | |
91789042 | 1190 | If the server machine does not have the client's host key in |
2a8a6488 | 1191 | .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts , |
91789042 | 1192 | it can be stored in |
140e3e97 | 1193 | .Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts . |
bf740959 | 1194 | The easiest way to do this is to |
1195 | connect back to the client from the server machine using ssh; this | |
1d1ffb87 | 1196 | will automatically add the host key to |
140e3e97 | 1197 | .Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts . |
1198 | .It Pa ~/.shosts | |
bf740959 | 1199 | This file is used exactly the same way as |
5f4a0c58 | 1200 | .Pa .rhosts . |
bf740959 | 1201 | The purpose for |
6f5abc1e | 1202 | having this file is to be able to use |
1203 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication | |
1204 | and | |
1205 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication | |
1206 | authentication without permitting login with | |
5f4a0c58 | 1207 | .Xr rlogin |
bf740959 | 1208 | or |
1209 | .Xr rsh 1 . | |
1210 | .It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv | |
1211 | This file is used during | |
6f5abc1e | 1212 | .Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication |
1213 | and | |
1214 | .Cm HostbasedAuthentication | |
be193d89 | 1215 | authentication. |
610cd5c6 | 1216 | It contains |
5f4a0c58 | 1217 | canonical hosts names, one per line (the full format is described in the |
bf740959 | 1218 | .Xr sshd 8 |
610cd5c6 | 1219 | manual page). |
1220 | If the client host is found in this file, login is | |
bf740959 | 1221 | automatically permitted provided client and server user names are the |
610cd5c6 | 1222 | same. |
6f5abc1e | 1223 | Additionally, successful client host key authentication is required. |
610cd5c6 | 1224 | This file should only be writable by root. |
5f4fdfae | 1225 | .It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv |
f54651ce | 1226 | This file is processed exactly as |
bf740959 | 1227 | .Pa /etc/hosts.equiv . |
1228 | This file may be useful to permit logins using | |
1229 | .Nm | |
1230 | but not using rsh/rlogin. | |
2a8a6488 | 1231 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc |
bf740959 | 1232 | Commands in this file are executed by |
1233 | .Nm | |
1234 | when the user logs in just before the user's shell (or command) is started. | |
1235 | See the | |
1236 | .Xr sshd 8 | |
1237 | manual page for more information. | |
140e3e97 | 1238 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/rc |
bf740959 | 1239 | Commands in this file are executed by |
1240 | .Nm | |
1241 | when the user logs in just before the user's shell (or command) is | |
1242 | started. | |
f54651ce | 1243 | See the |
bf740959 | 1244 | .Xr sshd 8 |
1245 | manual page for more information. | |
140e3e97 | 1246 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/environment |
83b7f649 | 1247 | Contains additional definitions for environment variables, see section |
1248 | .Sx ENVIRONMENT | |
1249 | above. | |
b5e300c2 | 1250 | .El |
bf740959 | 1251 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
5f4a0c58 | 1252 | .Xr gzip 1 , |
bf740959 | 1253 | .Xr rsh 1 , |
1254 | .Xr scp 1 , | |
61e96248 | 1255 | .Xr sftp 1 , |
bf740959 | 1256 | .Xr ssh-add 1 , |
1257 | .Xr ssh-agent 1 , | |
1258 | .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , | |
1259 | .Xr telnet 1 , | |
5f4a0c58 | 1260 | .Xr hosts.equiv 5 , |
1ae02182 | 1261 | .Xr ssh_config 5 , |
b2843ec6 | 1262 | .Xr ssh-keysign 8 , |
9afadca8 | 1263 | .Xr sshd 8 |
2cad6cef | 1264 | .Rs |
1265 | .%A T. Ylonen | |
1266 | .%A T. Kivinen | |
1267 | .%A M. Saarinen | |
1268 | .%A T. Rinne | |
1269 | .%A S. Lehtinen | |
1270 | .%T "SSH Protocol Architecture" | |
17f5e68a | 1271 | .%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt |
1272 | .%D January 2002 | |
2cad6cef | 1273 | .%O work in progress material |
1274 | .Re | |
be193d89 | 1275 | .Sh AUTHORS |
1276 | OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free | |
1277 | ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. | |
1278 | Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, | |
1279 | Theo de Raadt and Dug Song | |
1280 | removed many bugs, re-added newer features and | |
1281 | created OpenSSH. | |
1282 | Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH | |
1283 | protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. |