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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
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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.\"
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0598d99d 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.199 2003/08/13 08:46:31 markus 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
3e6e3da0 117Regardless of the authentication type, the account is checked to
118ensure that it is accessible. An account is not accessible if it is
119locked, listed in
120.Cm DenyUsers
121or its group is listed in
122.Cm DenyGroups
123\&. The definition of a locked account is system dependant. Some platforms
124have their own account database (eg AIX) and some modify the passwd field (
125.Ql \&*LK\&*
126on Solaris,
127.Ql \&*
128on HP-UX, containing
129.Ql Nologin
130on Tru64 and a leading
131.Ql \&!!
132on Linux). If there is a requirement to disable password authentication
133for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field
134should be set to something other than these values (eg
135.Ql NP
136or
137.Ql \&*NP\&*
138).
139.Pp
bf740959 140Rhosts authentication is normally disabled
141because it is fundamentally insecure, but can be enabled in the server
4fe2af09 142configuration file if desired.
143System security is not improved unless
7e276482 144.Nm rshd ,
145.Nm rlogind ,
bf740959 146and
6691e41b 147.Nm rexecd
bf740959 148are disabled (thus completely disabling
7e276482 149.Xr rlogin
bf740959 150and
7e276482 151.Xr rsh
3189621b 152into the machine).
bf740959 153.Pp
1d1ffb87 154.Ss SSH protocol version 2
155.Pp
c345cf9d 156Version 2 works similarly:
7f19f8bb 157Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host.
1d1ffb87 158However, when the daemon starts, it does not generate a server key.
159Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
160This key agreement results in a shared session key.
da89cf4d 161.Pp
51c251f0 162The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
da89cf4d 163128 bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192 bit AES, or 256 bit AES.
1d1ffb87 164The client selects the encryption algorithm
165to use from those offered by the server.
166Additionally, session integrity is provided
d0c832f3 167through a cryptographic message authentication code
1d1ffb87 168(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
169.Pp
170Protocol version 2 provides a public key based
da89cf4d 171user (PubkeyAuthentication) or
172client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method,
173conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods.
1d1ffb87 174.Pp
175.Ss Command execution and data forwarding
176.Pp
bf740959 177If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
4fe2af09 178preparing the session is entered.
179At this time the client may request
bf740959 180things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
181forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
182connection over the secure channel.
183.Pp
184Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
4fe2af09 185The sides then enter session mode.
186In this mode, either side may send
bf740959 187data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
188command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
189.Pp
190When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
191connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
192the client, and both sides exit.
193.Pp
194.Nm
195can be configured using command-line options or a configuration
4fe2af09 196file.
197Command-line options override values specified in the
bf740959 198configuration file.
199.Pp
9d6b7add 200.Nm
201rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
409edaba 202.Dv SIGHUP ,
a5a2da3b 203by executing itself with the name it was started as, i.e.,
409edaba 204.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
9d6b7add 205.Pp
bf740959 206The options are as follows:
207.Bl -tag -width Ds
208.It Fl b Ar bits
da89cf4d 209Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
210server key (default 768).
bf740959 211.It Fl d
4fe2af09 212Debug mode.
213The server sends verbose debug output to the system
214log, and does not put itself in the background.
215The server also will not fork and will only process one connection.
216This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
6691e41b 217Multiple
218.Fl d
219options increase the debugging level.
94ec8c6b 220Maximum is 3.
da89cf4d 221.It Fl e
222When this option is specified,
223.Nm
224will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
bf740959 225.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
4fe2af09 226Specifies the name of the configuration file.
227The default is
2a8a6488 228.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
bf740959 229.Nm
230refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
231.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
232Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
3445ca02 233120 seconds).
4fe2af09 234If the client fails to authenticate the user within
235this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
236A value of zero indicates no limit.
bf740959 237.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
0f84fe37 238Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
bf740959 239This option must be given if
240.Nm
241is not run as root (as the normal
0f84fe37 242host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
243The default is
2a8a6488 244.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
0f84fe37 245for protocol version 1, and
2a8a6488 246.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
0f84fe37 247and
2a8a6488 248.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
0f84fe37 249for protocol version 2.
8abcdba4 250It is possible to have multiple host key files for
da89cf4d 251the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
bf740959 252.It Fl i
253Specifies that
254.Nm
6691e41b 255is being run from
256.Xr inetd 8 .
bf740959 257.Nm
258is normally not run
259from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
4fe2af09 260respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
261Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
610cd5c6 262However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using
bf740959 263.Nm
264from inetd may
265be feasible.
266.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
da89cf4d 267Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
268regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
4fe2af09 269The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
bf740959 270often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour,
271it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
272communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
4fe2af09 273seized.
274A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
2717fa0f 275.It Fl o Ar option
276Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
277This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
278command-line flag.
bf740959 279.It Fl p Ar port
280Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
281(default 22).
135113a3 282Multiple port options are permitted.
283Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a
284command-line port is specified.
bf740959 285.It Fl q
4fe2af09 286Quiet mode.
287Nothing is sent to the system log.
288Normally the beginning,
bf740959 289authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
f87f09aa 290.It Fl t
291Test mode.
292Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
184eed6a 293This is useful for updating
f87f09aa 294.Nm
295reliably as configuration options may change.
c345cf9d 296.It Fl u Ar len
297This option is used to specify the size of the field
298in the
299.Li utmp
300structure that holds the remote host name.
301If the resolved host name is longer than
302.Ar len ,
303the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
304This allows hosts with very long host names that
305overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
306Specifying
307.Fl u0
308indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
309should be put into the
310.Pa utmp
311file.
e675b851 312.Fl u0
6691e41b 313may also be used to prevent
e675b851 314.Nm
315from making DNS requests unless the authentication
316mechanism or configuration requires it.
317Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
e675b851 318.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
319.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
320and using a
321.Cm from="pattern-list"
322option in a key file.
f464aad8 323Configuration options that require DNS include using a
324USER@HOST pattern in
325.Cm AllowUsers
326or
327.Cm DenyUsers .
8abcdba4 328.It Fl D
329When this option is specified
330.Nm
331will not detach and does not become a daemon.
332This allows easy monitoring of
333.Nm sshd .
48e671d5 334.It Fl 4
335Forces
336.Nm
337to use IPv4 addresses only.
338.It Fl 6
339Forces
340.Nm
341to use IPv6 addresses only.
bf740959 342.El
343.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
344.Nm
f54651ce 345reads configuration data from
2a8a6488 346.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 347(or the file specified with
348.Fl f
4fe2af09 349on the command line).
588df31a 350The file format and configuration options are described in
351.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 352.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
353When a user successfully logs in,
354.Nm
355does the following:
356.Bl -enum -offset indent
357.It
358If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
f54651ce 359prints last login time and
bf740959 360.Pa /etc/motd
361(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
362.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
363see the
f54651ce 364.Sx FILES
bf740959 365section).
366.It
367If the login is on a tty, records login time.
368.It
369Checks
370.Pa /etc/nologin ;
371if it exists, prints contents and quits
372(unless root).
373.It
374Changes to run with normal user privileges.
375.It
376Sets up basic environment.
377.It
378Reads
379.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
6a342527 380if it exists and users are allowed to change their environment.
35453849 381See the
6a342527 382.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
35453849 383option in
6a342527 384.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 385.It
386Changes to user's home directory.
387.It
388If
389.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
390exists, runs it; else if
af98ced9 391.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 392exists, runs
4fe2af09 393it; otherwise runs xauth.
394The
bf740959 395.Dq rc
396files are given the X11
397authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
398.It
399Runs user's shell or command.
400.El
401.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
bf740959 402.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
96a7b0cc 403is the default file that lists the public keys that are
404permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1
405and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)
da89cf4d 406in protocol version 2.
96a7b0cc 407.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
c8445989 408may be used to specify an alternative file.
8abcdba4 409.Pp
4fe2af09 410Each line of the file contains one
bf740959 411key (empty lines and lines starting with a
412.Ql #
413are ignored as
4fe2af09 414comments).
8abcdba4 415Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
4fe2af09 416spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
8abcdba4 417Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
418options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
755c4339 419The options field
420is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
421with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number).
8abcdba4 422The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
423protocol version 1; the
bf740959 424comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
425user to identify the key).
8abcdba4 426For protocol version 2 the keytype is
427.Dq ssh-dss
428or
429.Dq ssh-rsa .
bf740959 430.Pp
431Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
755c4339 432(because of the size of the public key encoding).
4fe2af09 433You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
c0ecc314 434.Pa identity.pub ,
8abcdba4 435.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 436or the
437.Pa id_rsa.pub
bf740959 438file and edit it.
439.Pp
3bc822df 440.Nm
441enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
442and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
443.Pp
c345cf9d 444The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
4fe2af09 445specifications.
446No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
54bf768d 447The following option specifications are supported (note
448that option keywords are case-insensitive):
bf740959 449.Bl -tag -width Ds
450.It Cm from="pattern-list"
755c4339 451Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
bf740959 452of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
4fe2af09 453patterns
09dc8896 454.Pf ( Ql \&*
4fe2af09 455and
9a26a6e2 456.Ql \&?
4fe2af09 457serve as wildcards).
458The list may also contain
459patterns negated by prefixing them with
9a26a6e2 460.Ql \&! ;
4fe2af09 461if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
462The purpose
755c4339 463of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
bf740959 464by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
465the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
4fe2af09 466permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
467This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
bf740959 468servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
469just the key).
470.It Cm command="command"
471Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
4fe2af09 472authentication.
473The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
9658ecbc 474The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
4fe2af09 475otherwise it is run without a tty.
6691e41b 476If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
91789042 477one must not request a pty or should specify
61e96248 478.Cm no-pty .
4fe2af09 479A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
480This option might be useful
755c4339 481to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
4fe2af09 482An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
d0c832f3 483Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
484forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
4cdbc654 485Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
bf740959 486.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
487Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
4fe2af09 488logging in using this key.
489Environment variables set this way
490override other default environment values.
491Multiple options of this type are permitted.
35453849 492Environment processing is disabled by default and is
493controlled via the
494.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
495option.
2548961d 496This option is automatically disabled if
497.Cm UseLogin
498is enabled.
bf740959 499.It Cm no-port-forwarding
500Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
4fe2af09 501Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
502This might be used, e.g., in connection with the
bf740959 503.Cm command
504option.
505.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
506Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
507Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
508.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
509Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
510authentication.
511.It Cm no-pty
512Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
dc504afd 513.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
3730bb22 514Limit local
dc504afd 515.Li ``ssh -L''
b2ae83b8 516port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
ed787d14 517port.
518IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
519.Ar host/port .
520Multiple
dc504afd 521.Cm permitopen
3cbc677d 522options may be applied separated by commas.
523No pattern matching is performed on the specified hostnames,
524they must be literal domains or addresses.
bf740959 525.El
526.Ss Examples
5271024 33 12121.\|.\|.\|312314325 ylo@foo.bar
528.Pp
529from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23.\|.\|.\|2334 ylo@niksula
530.Pp
531command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323 backup.hut.fi
dc504afd 532.Pp
533permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323
bf740959 534.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
f54651ce 535The
6691e41b 536.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
f54651ce 537and
f49bc4f7 538.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
4fe2af09 539files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
540The global file should
541be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
c345cf9d 542maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host
4fe2af09 543its key is added to the per-user file.
bf740959 544.Pp
545Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
4fe2af09 546bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
547The fields are separated by spaces.
bf740959 548.Pp
09dc8896 549Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
3cbc677d 550.Pf ( Ql \&*
551and
552.Ql \&?
9a26a6e2 553act as
bf740959 554wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
555name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
4fe2af09 556name (when authenticating a server).
557A pattern may also be preceded by
9a26a6e2 558.Ql \&!
bf740959 559to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
560pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
561pattern on the line.
562.Pp
1d1ffb87 563Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
bf740959 564can be obtained, e.g., from
2a8a6488 565.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
bf740959 566The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
567.Pp
568Lines starting with
569.Ql #
570and empty lines are ignored as comments.
571.Pp
572When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
4fe2af09 573matching line has the proper key.
574It is thus permissible (but not
bf740959 575recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
4fe2af09 576names.
577This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
578from different domains are put in the file.
579It is possible
bf740959 580that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
581accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
582.Pp
583Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
584long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
585Rather, generate them by a script
f54651ce 586or by taking
2a8a6488 587.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
bf740959 588and adding the host names at the front.
589.Ss Examples
da89cf4d 590.Bd -literal
591closenet,.\|.\|.\|,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159.\|.\|.93 closenet.hut.fi
592cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
593.Ed
bf740959 594.Sh FILES
595.Bl -tag -width Ds
2a8a6488 596.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 597Contains configuration data for
598.Nm sshd .
588df31a 599The file format and configuration options are described in
600.Xr sshd_config 5 .
2a8a6488 601.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
da89cf4d 602These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 603These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
bf740959 604accessible to others.
605Note that
606.Nm
607does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
2a8a6488 608.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
da89cf4d 609These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 610These files should be world-readable but writable only by
4fe2af09 611root.
b8dc87d3 612Their contents should match the respective private parts.
613These files are not
614really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
615the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
616These files are created using
bf740959 617.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
e2432638 618.It Pa /etc/moduli
c523303b 619Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
f1dcc34e 620The file format is described in
621.Xr moduli 5 .
75653d3e 622.It Pa /var/empty
623.Xr chroot 2
624directory used by
625.Nm
626during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
627The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
628and not group or world-writable.
5f4fdfae 629.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
bf740959 630Contains the process ID of the
631.Nm
632listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
baa08b92 633concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
4fe2af09 634started last).
c345cf9d 635The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
bf740959 636.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
da89cf4d 637Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account.
1d1ffb87 638This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
639it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
640volume).
641It is recommended that it not be accessible by others.
642The format of this file is described above.
643Users will place the contents of their
96a7b0cc 644.Pa identity.pub ,
1d1ffb87 645.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 646and/or
647.Pa id_rsa.pub
1d1ffb87 648files into this file, as described in
649.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
2a8a6488 650.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts" and "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
6a17f9c2 651These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
f49bc4f7 652authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication
653to check the public key of the host.
4fe2af09 654The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted.
5bbb5681 655The client uses the same files
e91c60f2 656to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host.
4fe2af09 657These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
2a8a6488 658.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
bf740959 659should be world-readable, and
660.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
6691e41b 661can, but need not be, world-readable.
bf740959 662.It Pa /etc/nologin
f54651ce 663If this file exists,
bf740959 664.Nm
4fe2af09 665refuses to let anyone except root log in.
666The contents of the file
bf740959 667are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
4fe2af09 668refused.
669The file should be world-readable.
bf740959 670.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
5b263aae 671Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
672Further details are described in
bf740959 673.Xr hosts_access 5 .
674.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
675This file contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
4fe2af09 676line.
677The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
6691e41b 678without a password.
4fe2af09 679The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
bf740959 680The file must
681be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
682accessible by others.
683.Pp
4fe2af09 684If is also possible to use netgroups in the file.
685Either host or user
bf740959 686name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users
687in the group.
688.It Pa $HOME/.shosts
689For ssh,
690this file is exactly the same as for
691.Pa .rhosts .
692However, this file is
693not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only.
c345cf9d 694.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
bf740959 695This file is used during
696.Pa .rhosts
4fe2af09 697authentication.
698In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
699Users on
bf740959 700those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
4fe2af09 701have the same user name on both machines.
702The host name may also be
bf740959 703followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
704.Em any
4fe2af09 705user on this machine (except root).
706Additionally, the syntax
bf740959 707.Dq +@group
4fe2af09 708can be used to specify netgroups.
709Negated entries start with
bf740959 710.Ql \&- .
711.Pp
712If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
713automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
4fe2af09 714same.
715Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally required.
716This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
bf740959 717that it be world-readable.
718.Pp
719.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
720.Pa hosts.equiv .
721Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
722.Em anybody ,
723which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
4fe2af09 724binaries and directories.
725Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
726The only valid use for user names that I can think
bf740959 727of is in negative entries.
728.Pp
729Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
5f4fdfae 730.It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
bf740959 731This is processed exactly as
732.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
733However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both
734rsh/rlogin and ssh.
735.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
4fe2af09 736This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
737It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
bf740959 738.Ql # ) ,
4fe2af09 739and assignment lines of the form name=value.
740The file should be writable
bf740959 741only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
35453849 742Environment processing is disabled by default and is
743controlled via the
744.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
745option.
bf740959 746.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
6691e41b 747If this file exists, it is run with
748.Pa /bin/sh
749after reading the
4fe2af09 750environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
d4c6ddff 751It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
752instead.
753If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
754its standard input (and
bf740959 755.Ev DISPLAY
d4c6ddff 756in its environment).
757The script must call
bf740959 758.Xr xauth 1
d4c6ddff 759because
760.Nm
761will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
bf740959 762.Pp
763The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
764which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
765accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
766.Pp
767This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
da89cf4d 768something similar to:
769.Bd -literal
d4c6ddff 770if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
771 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
772 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
cb11b555 773 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
d4c6ddff 774 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
775 else
776 # X11UseLocalhost=no
cb11b555 777 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
778 fi | xauth -q -
d4c6ddff 779fi
da89cf4d 780.Ed
bf740959 781.Pp
782If this file does not exist,
2a8a6488 783.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 784is run, and if that
d4c6ddff 785does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
bf740959 786.Pp
787This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
788readable by anyone else.
2a8a6488 789.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 790Like
791.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
792This can be used to specify
4fe2af09 793machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
794This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
089fbbd2 795.El
bf740959 796.Sh SEE ALSO
bf740959 797.Xr scp 1 ,
61e96248 798.Xr sftp 1 ,
bf740959 799.Xr ssh 1 ,
800.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
801.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
802.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
248bad82 803.Xr login.conf 5 ,
804.Xr moduli 5 ,
588df31a 805.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
a5a2da3b 806.Xr sftp-server 8
2cad6cef 807.Rs
808.%A T. Ylonen
809.%A T. Kivinen
810.%A M. Saarinen
811.%A T. Rinne
812.%A S. Lehtinen
813.%T "SSH Protocol Architecture"
17f5e68a 814.%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt
815.%D January 2002
2cad6cef 816.%O work in progress material
817.Re
da89cf4d 818.Rs
819.%A M. Friedl
820.%A N. Provos
821.%A W. A. Simpson
822.%T "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol"
17f5e68a 823.%N draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-02.txt
824.%D January 2002
da89cf4d 825.%O work in progress material
826.Re
be193d89 827.Sh AUTHORS
828OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
829ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
830Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
831Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
832removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
833created OpenSSH.
834Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
835protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
836Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support
837for privilege separation.
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