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bf740959 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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6a342527 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.187 2002/08/02 16:00:07 marc 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
2043936f 46.Op Fl deiqtD46
bf740959 47.Op Fl b Ar bits
48.Op Fl f Ar config_file
49.Op Fl g Ar login_grace_time
50.Op Fl h Ar host_key_file
51.Op Fl k Ar key_gen_time
2717fa0f 52.Op Fl o Ar option
bf740959 53.Op Fl p Ar port
c345cf9d 54.Op Fl u Ar len
f54651ce 55.Sh DESCRIPTION
bf740959 56.Nm
2c86906e 57(SSH Daemon) is the daemon program for
bf740959 58.Xr ssh 1 .
3189621b 59Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and
bf740959 60provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
4fe2af09 61over an insecure network.
62The programs are intended to be as easy to
bf740959 63install and use as possible.
64.Pp
65.Nm
4fe2af09 66is the daemon that listens for connections from clients.
f54651ce 67It is normally started at boot from
bf740959 68.Pa /etc/rc .
69It forks a new
4fe2af09 70daemon for each incoming connection.
71The forked daemons handle
bf740959 72key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution,
73and data exchange.
1d1ffb87 74This implementation of
75.Nm
76supports both SSH protocol version 1 and 2 simultaneously.
bf740959 77.Nm
4fe2af09 78works as follows.
1d1ffb87 79.Pp
80.Ss SSH protocol version 1
81.Pp
4fe2af09 82Each host has a host-specific RSA key
83(normally 1024 bits) used to identify the host.
84Additionally, when
bf740959 85the daemon starts, it generates a server RSA key (normally 768 bits).
86This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and
87is never stored on disk.
88.Pp
3189621b 89Whenever a client connects the daemon responds with its public
90host and server keys.
4fe2af09 91The client compares the
1d1ffb87 92RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
4fe2af09 93The client then generates a 256 bit random number.
94It encrypts this
bf740959 95random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends
4fe2af09 96the encrypted number to the server.
3189621b 97Both sides then use this
bf740959 98random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further
4fe2af09 99communications in the session.
100The rest of the session is encrypted
3189621b 101using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish or 3DES, with 3DES
7368a6c8 102being used by default.
4fe2af09 103The client selects the encryption algorithm
bf740959 104to use from those offered by the server.
105.Pp
4fe2af09 106Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
107The client tries to authenticate itself using
bf740959 108.Pa .rhosts
109authentication,
110.Pa .rhosts
111authentication combined with RSA host
112authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password
113based authentication.
114.Pp
115Rhosts authentication is normally disabled
116because it is fundamentally insecure, but can be enabled in the server
4fe2af09 117configuration file if desired.
118System security is not improved unless
7e276482 119.Nm rshd ,
120.Nm rlogind ,
bf740959 121and
7e276482 122.Xr rexecd
bf740959 123are disabled (thus completely disabling
7e276482 124.Xr rlogin
bf740959 125and
7e276482 126.Xr rsh
3189621b 127into the machine).
bf740959 128.Pp
1d1ffb87 129.Ss SSH protocol version 2
130.Pp
c345cf9d 131Version 2 works similarly:
7f19f8bb 132Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host.
1d1ffb87 133However, when the daemon starts, it does not generate a server key.
134Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
135This key agreement results in a shared session key.
da89cf4d 136.Pp
51c251f0 137The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
da89cf4d 138128 bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192 bit AES, or 256 bit AES.
1d1ffb87 139The client selects the encryption algorithm
140to use from those offered by the server.
141Additionally, session integrity is provided
d0c832f3 142through a cryptographic message authentication code
1d1ffb87 143(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
144.Pp
145Protocol version 2 provides a public key based
da89cf4d 146user (PubkeyAuthentication) or
147client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method,
148conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods.
1d1ffb87 149.Pp
150.Ss Command execution and data forwarding
151.Pp
bf740959 152If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
4fe2af09 153preparing the session is entered.
154At this time the client may request
bf740959 155things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
156forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
157connection over the secure channel.
158.Pp
159Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
4fe2af09 160The sides then enter session mode.
161In this mode, either side may send
bf740959 162data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
163command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
164.Pp
165When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
166connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
167the client, and both sides exit.
168.Pp
169.Nm
170can be configured using command-line options or a configuration
4fe2af09 171file.
172Command-line options override values specified in the
bf740959 173configuration file.
174.Pp
9d6b7add 175.Nm
176rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
409edaba 177.Dv SIGHUP ,
a5a2da3b 178by executing itself with the name it was started as, i.e.,
409edaba 179.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
9d6b7add 180.Pp
bf740959 181The options are as follows:
182.Bl -tag -width Ds
183.It Fl b Ar bits
da89cf4d 184Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
185server key (default 768).
bf740959 186.It Fl d
4fe2af09 187Debug mode.
188The server sends verbose debug output to the system
189log, and does not put itself in the background.
190The server also will not fork and will only process one connection.
191This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
da89cf4d 192Multiple -d options increase the debugging level.
94ec8c6b 193Maximum is 3.
da89cf4d 194.It Fl e
195When this option is specified,
196.Nm
197will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
bf740959 198.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
4fe2af09 199Specifies the name of the configuration file.
200The default is
2a8a6488 201.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
bf740959 202.Nm
203refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
204.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
205Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
ee5e6612 206600 seconds).
4fe2af09 207If the client fails to authenticate the user within
208this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
209A value of zero indicates no limit.
bf740959 210.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
0f84fe37 211Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
bf740959 212This option must be given if
213.Nm
214is not run as root (as the normal
0f84fe37 215host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
216The default is
2a8a6488 217.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
0f84fe37 218for protocol version 1, and
2a8a6488 219.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
0f84fe37 220and
2a8a6488 221.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
0f84fe37 222for protocol version 2.
8abcdba4 223It is possible to have multiple host key files for
da89cf4d 224the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
bf740959 225.It Fl i
226Specifies that
227.Nm
f54651ce 228is being run from inetd.
bf740959 229.Nm
230is normally not run
231from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
4fe2af09 232respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
233Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
610cd5c6 234However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using
bf740959 235.Nm
236from inetd may
237be feasible.
238.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
da89cf4d 239Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
240regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
4fe2af09 241The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
bf740959 242often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour,
243it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
244communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
4fe2af09 245seized.
246A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
2717fa0f 247.It Fl o Ar option
248Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
249This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
250command-line flag.
bf740959 251.It Fl p Ar port
252Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
253(default 22).
135113a3 254Multiple port options are permitted.
255Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a
256command-line port is specified.
bf740959 257.It Fl q
4fe2af09 258Quiet mode.
259Nothing is sent to the system log.
260Normally the beginning,
bf740959 261authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
f87f09aa 262.It Fl t
263Test mode.
264Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
184eed6a 265This is useful for updating
f87f09aa 266.Nm
267reliably as configuration options may change.
c345cf9d 268.It Fl u Ar len
269This option is used to specify the size of the field
270in the
271.Li utmp
272structure that holds the remote host name.
273If the resolved host name is longer than
274.Ar len ,
275the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
276This allows hosts with very long host names that
277overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
278Specifying
279.Fl u0
280indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
281should be put into the
282.Pa utmp
283file.
e675b851 284.Fl u0
285is also be used to prevent
286.Nm
287from making DNS requests unless the authentication
288mechanism or configuration requires it.
289Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
290.Cm RhostsAuthentication ,
291.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
292.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
293and using a
294.Cm from="pattern-list"
295option in a key file.
f464aad8 296Configuration options that require DNS include using a
297USER@HOST pattern in
298.Cm AllowUsers
299or
300.Cm DenyUsers .
8abcdba4 301.It Fl D
302When this option is specified
303.Nm
304will not detach and does not become a daemon.
305This allows easy monitoring of
306.Nm sshd .
48e671d5 307.It Fl 4
308Forces
309.Nm
310to use IPv4 addresses only.
311.It Fl 6
312Forces
313.Nm
314to use IPv6 addresses only.
bf740959 315.El
316.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
317.Nm
f54651ce 318reads configuration data from
2a8a6488 319.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 320(or the file specified with
321.Fl f
4fe2af09 322on the command line).
588df31a 323The file format and configuration options are described in
324.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 325.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
326When a user successfully logs in,
327.Nm
328does the following:
329.Bl -enum -offset indent
330.It
331If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
f54651ce 332prints last login time and
bf740959 333.Pa /etc/motd
334(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
335.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
336see the
f54651ce 337.Sx FILES
bf740959 338section).
339.It
340If the login is on a tty, records login time.
341.It
342Checks
343.Pa /etc/nologin ;
344if it exists, prints contents and quits
345(unless root).
346.It
347Changes to run with normal user privileges.
348.It
349Sets up basic environment.
350.It
351Reads
352.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
6a342527 353if it exists and users are allowed to change their environment.
354See
355.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
356in
357.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 358.It
359Changes to user's home directory.
360.It
361If
362.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
363exists, runs it; else if
af98ced9 364.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 365exists, runs
4fe2af09 366it; otherwise runs xauth.
367The
bf740959 368.Dq rc
369files are given the X11
370authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
371.It
372Runs user's shell or command.
373.El
374.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
bf740959 375.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
96a7b0cc 376is the default file that lists the public keys that are
377permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1
378and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)
da89cf4d 379in protocol version 2.
96a7b0cc 380.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
c8445989 381may be used to specify an alternative file.
8abcdba4 382.Pp
4fe2af09 383Each line of the file contains one
bf740959 384key (empty lines and lines starting with a
385.Ql #
386are ignored as
4fe2af09 387comments).
8abcdba4 388Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
4fe2af09 389spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
8abcdba4 390Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
391options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
392The options fields
393are optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
bf740959 394with a number or not (the option field never starts with a number).
8abcdba4 395The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
396protocol version 1; the
bf740959 397comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
398user to identify the key).
8abcdba4 399For protocol version 2 the keytype is
400.Dq ssh-dss
401or
402.Dq ssh-rsa .
bf740959 403.Pp
404Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
4fe2af09 405(because of the size of the RSA key modulus).
406You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
c0ecc314 407.Pa identity.pub ,
8abcdba4 408.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 409or the
410.Pa id_rsa.pub
bf740959 411file and edit it.
412.Pp
3bc822df 413.Nm
414enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
415and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
416.Pp
c345cf9d 417The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
4fe2af09 418specifications.
419No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
54bf768d 420The following option specifications are supported (note
421that option keywords are case-insensitive):
bf740959 422.Bl -tag -width Ds
423.It Cm from="pattern-list"
424Specifies that in addition to RSA authentication, the canonical name
425of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
4fe2af09 426patterns
427.Pf ( Ql *
428and
429.Ql ?
430serve as wildcards).
431The list may also contain
432patterns negated by prefixing them with
433.Ql ! ;
434if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
435The purpose
bf740959 436of this option is to optionally increase security: RSA authentication
437by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
438the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
4fe2af09 439permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
440This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
bf740959 441servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
442just the key).
443.It Cm command="command"
444Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
4fe2af09 445authentication.
446The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
9658ecbc 447The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
4fe2af09 448otherwise it is run without a tty.
91789042 449If a 8-bit clean channel is required,
450one must not request a pty or should specify
61e96248 451.Cm no-pty .
4fe2af09 452A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
453This option might be useful
454to restrict certain RSA keys to perform just a specific operation.
455An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
d0c832f3 456Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
457forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
4cdbc654 458Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
bf740959 459.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
460Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
4fe2af09 461logging in using this key.
462Environment variables set this way
463override other default environment values.
464Multiple options of this type are permitted.
2548961d 465This option is automatically disabled if
466.Cm UseLogin
467is enabled.
bf740959 468.It Cm no-port-forwarding
469Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
4fe2af09 470Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
471This might be used, e.g., in connection with the
bf740959 472.Cm command
473option.
474.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
475Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
476Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
477.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
478Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
479authentication.
480.It Cm no-pty
481Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
dc504afd 482.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
3730bb22 483Limit local
dc504afd 484.Li ``ssh -L''
b2ae83b8 485port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
ed787d14 486port.
487IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
488.Ar host/port .
489Multiple
dc504afd 490.Cm permitopen
3730bb22 491options may be applied separated by commas. No pattern matching is
492performed on the specified hostnames, they must be literal domains or
dc504afd 493addresses.
bf740959 494.El
495.Ss Examples
4961024 33 12121.\|.\|.\|312314325 ylo@foo.bar
497.Pp
498from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23.\|.\|.\|2334 ylo@niksula
499.Pp
500command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323 backup.hut.fi
dc504afd 501.Pp
502permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323
bf740959 503.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
f54651ce 504The
2a8a6488 505.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts ,
f54651ce 506and
f49bc4f7 507.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
4fe2af09 508files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
509The global file should
510be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
c345cf9d 511maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host
4fe2af09 512its key is added to the per-user file.
bf740959 513.Pp
514Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
4fe2af09 515bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
516The fields are separated by spaces.
bf740959 517.Pp
518Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns ('*' and '?' act as
519wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
520name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
4fe2af09 521name (when authenticating a server).
522A pattern may also be preceded by
bf740959 523.Ql !
524to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
525pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
526pattern on the line.
527.Pp
1d1ffb87 528Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
bf740959 529can be obtained, e.g., from
2a8a6488 530.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
bf740959 531The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
532.Pp
533Lines starting with
534.Ql #
535and empty lines are ignored as comments.
536.Pp
537When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
4fe2af09 538matching line has the proper key.
539It is thus permissible (but not
bf740959 540recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
4fe2af09 541names.
542This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
543from different domains are put in the file.
544It is possible
bf740959 545that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
546accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
547.Pp
548Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
549long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
550Rather, generate them by a script
f54651ce 551or by taking
2a8a6488 552.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
bf740959 553and adding the host names at the front.
554.Ss Examples
da89cf4d 555.Bd -literal
556closenet,.\|.\|.\|,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159.\|.\|.93 closenet.hut.fi
557cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
558.Ed
bf740959 559.Sh FILES
560.Bl -tag -width Ds
2a8a6488 561.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 562Contains configuration data for
563.Nm sshd .
588df31a 564The file format and configuration options are described in
565.Xr sshd_config 5 .
2a8a6488 566.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
da89cf4d 567These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 568These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
bf740959 569accessible to others.
570Note that
571.Nm
572does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
2a8a6488 573.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
da89cf4d 574These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 575These files should be world-readable but writable only by
4fe2af09 576root.
b8dc87d3 577Their contents should match the respective private parts.
578These files are not
579really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
580the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
581These files are created using
bf740959 582.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
e2432638 583.It Pa /etc/moduli
c523303b 584Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
75653d3e 585.It Pa /var/empty
586.Xr chroot 2
587directory used by
588.Nm
589during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
590The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
591and not group or world-writable.
5f4fdfae 592.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
bf740959 593Contains the process ID of the
594.Nm
595listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
baa08b92 596concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
4fe2af09 597started last).
c345cf9d 598The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
bf740959 599.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
da89cf4d 600Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account.
1d1ffb87 601This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
602it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
603volume).
604It is recommended that it not be accessible by others.
605The format of this file is described above.
606Users will place the contents of their
96a7b0cc 607.Pa identity.pub ,
1d1ffb87 608.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 609and/or
610.Pa id_rsa.pub
1d1ffb87 611files into this file, as described in
612.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
2a8a6488 613.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts" and "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
6a17f9c2 614These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
f49bc4f7 615authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication
616to check the public key of the host.
4fe2af09 617The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted.
5bbb5681 618The client uses the same files
e91c60f2 619to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host.
4fe2af09 620These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
2a8a6488 621.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
bf740959 622should be world-readable, and
623.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
624can but need not be world-readable.
625.It Pa /etc/nologin
f54651ce 626If this file exists,
bf740959 627.Nm
4fe2af09 628refuses to let anyone except root log in.
629The contents of the file
bf740959 630are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
4fe2af09 631refused.
632The file should be world-readable.
bf740959 633.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
5b263aae 634Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
635Further details are described in
bf740959 636.Xr hosts_access 5 .
637.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
638This file contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
4fe2af09 639line.
640The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
641without password.
642The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
bf740959 643The file must
644be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
645accessible by others.
646.Pp
4fe2af09 647If is also possible to use netgroups in the file.
648Either host or user
bf740959 649name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users
650in the group.
651.It Pa $HOME/.shosts
652For ssh,
653this file is exactly the same as for
654.Pa .rhosts .
655However, this file is
656not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only.
c345cf9d 657.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
bf740959 658This file is used during
659.Pa .rhosts
4fe2af09 660authentication.
661In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
662Users on
bf740959 663those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
4fe2af09 664have the same user name on both machines.
665The host name may also be
bf740959 666followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
667.Em any
4fe2af09 668user on this machine (except root).
669Additionally, the syntax
bf740959 670.Dq +@group
4fe2af09 671can be used to specify netgroups.
672Negated entries start with
bf740959 673.Ql \&- .
674.Pp
675If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
676automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
4fe2af09 677same.
678Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally required.
679This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
bf740959 680that it be world-readable.
681.Pp
682.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
683.Pa hosts.equiv .
684Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
685.Em anybody ,
686which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
4fe2af09 687binaries and directories.
688Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
689The only valid use for user names that I can think
bf740959 690of is in negative entries.
691.Pp
692Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
5f4fdfae 693.It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
bf740959 694This is processed exactly as
695.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
696However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both
697rsh/rlogin and ssh.
698.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
4fe2af09 699This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
700It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
bf740959 701.Ql # ) ,
4fe2af09 702and assignment lines of the form name=value.
703The file should be writable
bf740959 704only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
705.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
706If this file exists, it is run with /bin/sh after reading the
4fe2af09 707environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
d4c6ddff 708It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
709instead.
710If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
711its standard input (and
bf740959 712.Ev DISPLAY
d4c6ddff 713in its environment).
714The script must call
bf740959 715.Xr xauth 1
d4c6ddff 716because
717.Nm
718will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
bf740959 719.Pp
720The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
721which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
722accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
723.Pp
724This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
da89cf4d 725something similar to:
726.Bd -literal
d4c6ddff 727if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
728 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
729 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
730 xauth add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
731 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
732 else
733 # X11UseLocalhost=no
734 xauth add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
da89cf4d 735 fi
d4c6ddff 736fi
da89cf4d 737.Ed
bf740959 738.Pp
739If this file does not exist,
2a8a6488 740.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 741is run, and if that
d4c6ddff 742does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
bf740959 743.Pp
744This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
745readable by anyone else.
2a8a6488 746.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 747Like
748.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
749This can be used to specify
4fe2af09 750machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
751This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
089fbbd2 752.El
fa08c86b 753.Sh AUTHORS
7f5c4295 754OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
755ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
756Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
757Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
758removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
759created OpenSSH.
760Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
761protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
ce19ff48 762Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support
763for privilege separation.
bf740959 764.Sh SEE ALSO
bf740959 765.Xr scp 1 ,
61e96248 766.Xr sftp 1 ,
bf740959 767.Xr ssh 1 ,
768.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
769.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
770.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
248bad82 771.Xr login.conf 5 ,
772.Xr moduli 5 ,
588df31a 773.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
a5a2da3b 774.Xr sftp-server 8
2cad6cef 775.Rs
776.%A T. Ylonen
777.%A T. Kivinen
778.%A M. Saarinen
779.%A T. Rinne
780.%A S. Lehtinen
781.%T "SSH Protocol Architecture"
17f5e68a 782.%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt
783.%D January 2002
2cad6cef 784.%O work in progress material
785.Re
da89cf4d 786.Rs
787.%A M. Friedl
788.%A N. Provos
789.%A W. A. Simpson
790.%T "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol"
17f5e68a 791.%N draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-02.txt
792.%D January 2002
da89cf4d 793.%O work in progress material
794.Re
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