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bf740959 1.\" -*- nroff -*-
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bf740959 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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6f5abc1e 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.202 2004/08/26 16:00:55 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
433e60ac 47.Op Fl 46Ddeiqt
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.Ss SSH protocol version 1
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
6691e41b 89Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public
3189621b 90host and server keys.
4fe2af09 91The client compares the
1d1ffb87 92RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
433e60ac 93The client then generates a 256-bit random number.
4fe2af09 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
433e60ac 108.Em .rhosts
bf740959 109authentication combined with RSA host
110authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password
111based authentication.
112.Pp
3e6e3da0 113Regardless of the authentication type, the account is checked to
114ensure that it is accessible. An account is not accessible if it is
115locked, listed in
116.Cm DenyUsers
117or its group is listed in
118.Cm DenyGroups
119\&. The definition of a locked account is system dependant. Some platforms
120have their own account database (eg AIX) and some modify the passwd field (
121.Ql \&*LK\&*
122on Solaris,
123.Ql \&*
124on HP-UX, containing
125.Ql Nologin
126on Tru64 and a leading
127.Ql \&!!
128on Linux). If there is a requirement to disable password authentication
129for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field
130should be set to something other than these values (eg
131.Ql NP
132or
133.Ql \&*NP\&*
134).
135.Pp
7e276482 136.Nm rshd ,
137.Nm rlogind ,
bf740959 138and
6691e41b 139.Nm rexecd
bf740959 140are disabled (thus completely disabling
7e276482 141.Xr rlogin
bf740959 142and
7e276482 143.Xr rsh
3189621b 144into the machine).
1d1ffb87 145.Ss SSH protocol version 2
c345cf9d 146Version 2 works similarly:
7f19f8bb 147Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host.
1d1ffb87 148However, when the daemon starts, it does not generate a server key.
149Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
150This key agreement results in a shared session key.
da89cf4d 151.Pp
51c251f0 152The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
433e60ac 153128-bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192-bit AES, or 256-bit AES.
1d1ffb87 154The client selects the encryption algorithm
155to use from those offered by the server.
156Additionally, session integrity is provided
d0c832f3 157through a cryptographic message authentication code
1d1ffb87 158(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
159.Pp
160Protocol version 2 provides a public key based
da89cf4d 161user (PubkeyAuthentication) or
162client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method,
163conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods.
1d1ffb87 164.Ss Command execution and data forwarding
bf740959 165If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
4fe2af09 166preparing the session is entered.
167At this time the client may request
bf740959 168things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
169forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
170connection over the secure channel.
171.Pp
172Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
4fe2af09 173The sides then enter session mode.
174In this mode, either side may send
bf740959 175data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
176command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
177.Pp
178When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
179connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
180the client, and both sides exit.
181.Pp
182.Nm
433e60ac 183can be configured using command-line options or a configuration file
184(by default
185.Xr sshd_config 5 ) .
4fe2af09 186Command-line options override values specified in the
bf740959 187configuration file.
188.Pp
9d6b7add 189.Nm
190rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
409edaba 191.Dv SIGHUP ,
7b7385da 192by executing itself with the name and options it was started with, e.g.,
409edaba 193.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
9d6b7add 194.Pp
bf740959 195The options are as follows:
196.Bl -tag -width Ds
433e60ac 197.It Fl 4
198Forces
199.Nm
200to use IPv4 addresses only.
201.It Fl 6
202Forces
203.Nm
204to use IPv6 addresses only.
bf740959 205.It Fl b Ar bits
da89cf4d 206Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
207server key (default 768).
433e60ac 208.It Fl D
209When this option is specified,
210.Nm
211will not detach and does not become a daemon.
212This allows easy monitoring of
213.Nm sshd .
bf740959 214.It Fl d
4fe2af09 215Debug mode.
216The server sends verbose debug output to the system
217log, and does not put itself in the background.
218The server also will not fork and will only process one connection.
219This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
6691e41b 220Multiple
221.Fl d
222options increase the debugging level.
94ec8c6b 223Maximum is 3.
da89cf4d 224.It Fl e
225When this option is specified,
226.Nm
227will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
bf740959 228.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
4fe2af09 229Specifies the name of the configuration file.
230The default is
2a8a6488 231.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
bf740959 232.Nm
233refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
234.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
235Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
3445ca02 236120 seconds).
4fe2af09 237If the client fails to authenticate the user within
238this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
239A value of zero indicates no limit.
bf740959 240.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
0f84fe37 241Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
bf740959 242This option must be given if
243.Nm
244is not run as root (as the normal
0f84fe37 245host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
246The default is
2a8a6488 247.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
0f84fe37 248for protocol version 1, and
2a8a6488 249.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
0f84fe37 250and
2a8a6488 251.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
0f84fe37 252for protocol version 2.
8abcdba4 253It is possible to have multiple host key files for
da89cf4d 254the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
bf740959 255.It Fl i
256Specifies that
257.Nm
6691e41b 258is being run from
259.Xr inetd 8 .
bf740959 260.Nm
261is normally not run
262from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
4fe2af09 263respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
264Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
610cd5c6 265However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using
bf740959 266.Nm
267from inetd may
268be feasible.
269.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
da89cf4d 270Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
271regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
4fe2af09 272The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
433e60ac 273often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour
bf740959 274it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
275communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
4fe2af09 276seized.
277A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
2717fa0f 278.It Fl o Ar option
279Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
280This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
281command-line flag.
433e60ac 282For full details of the options, and their values, see
283.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 284.It Fl p Ar port
285Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
286(default 22).
135113a3 287Multiple port options are permitted.
288Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a
289command-line port is specified.
bf740959 290.It Fl q
4fe2af09 291Quiet mode.
292Nothing is sent to the system log.
293Normally the beginning,
bf740959 294authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
f87f09aa 295.It Fl t
296Test mode.
297Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
184eed6a 298This is useful for updating
f87f09aa 299.Nm
300reliably as configuration options may change.
c345cf9d 301.It Fl u Ar len
302This option is used to specify the size of the field
303in the
304.Li utmp
305structure that holds the remote host name.
306If the resolved host name is longer than
307.Ar len ,
308the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
309This allows hosts with very long host names that
310overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
311Specifying
312.Fl u0
313indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
314should be put into the
315.Pa utmp
316file.
e675b851 317.Fl u0
6691e41b 318may also be used to prevent
e675b851 319.Nm
320from making DNS requests unless the authentication
321mechanism or configuration requires it.
322Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
e675b851 323.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
324.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
325and using a
326.Cm from="pattern-list"
327option in a key file.
f464aad8 328Configuration options that require DNS include using a
329USER@HOST pattern in
330.Cm AllowUsers
331or
332.Cm DenyUsers .
bf740959 333.El
334.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
335.Nm
f54651ce 336reads configuration data from
2a8a6488 337.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 338(or the file specified with
339.Fl f
4fe2af09 340on the command line).
588df31a 341The file format and configuration options are described in
342.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 343.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
344When a user successfully logs in,
345.Nm
346does the following:
347.Bl -enum -offset indent
348.It
349If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
f54651ce 350prints last login time and
bf740959 351.Pa /etc/motd
352(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
353.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
354see the
f54651ce 355.Sx FILES
bf740959 356section).
357.It
358If the login is on a tty, records login time.
359.It
360Checks
361.Pa /etc/nologin ;
362if it exists, prints contents and quits
363(unless root).
364.It
365Changes to run with normal user privileges.
366.It
367Sets up basic environment.
368.It
433e60ac 369Reads the file
370.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment ,
371if it exists, and users are allowed to change their environment.
35453849 372See the
6a342527 373.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
35453849 374option in
6a342527 375.Xr sshd_config 5 .
bf740959 376.It
377Changes to user's home directory.
378.It
379If
380.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
381exists, runs it; else if
af98ced9 382.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 383exists, runs
4fe2af09 384it; otherwise runs xauth.
385The
bf740959 386.Dq rc
387files are given the X11
388authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
389.It
390Runs user's shell or command.
391.El
392.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
bf740959 393.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
96a7b0cc 394is the default file that lists the public keys that are
395permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1
396and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)
da89cf4d 397in protocol version 2.
96a7b0cc 398.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
c8445989 399may be used to specify an alternative file.
8abcdba4 400.Pp
4fe2af09 401Each line of the file contains one
bf740959 402key (empty lines and lines starting with a
403.Ql #
404are ignored as
4fe2af09 405comments).
8abcdba4 406Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
4fe2af09 407spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
8abcdba4 408Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
409options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
755c4339 410The options field
411is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
412with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number).
8abcdba4 413The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
414protocol version 1; the
bf740959 415comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
416user to identify the key).
8abcdba4 417For protocol version 2 the keytype is
418.Dq ssh-dss
419or
420.Dq ssh-rsa .
bf740959 421.Pp
422Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
755c4339 423(because of the size of the public key encoding).
4fe2af09 424You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
c0ecc314 425.Pa identity.pub ,
8abcdba4 426.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 427or the
428.Pa id_rsa.pub
bf740959 429file and edit it.
430.Pp
3bc822df 431.Nm
432enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
433and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
434.Pp
c345cf9d 435The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
4fe2af09 436specifications.
437No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
54bf768d 438The following option specifications are supported (note
439that option keywords are case-insensitive):
bf740959 440.Bl -tag -width Ds
441.It Cm from="pattern-list"
755c4339 442Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
bf740959 443of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
4fe2af09 444patterns
09dc8896 445.Pf ( Ql \&*
4fe2af09 446and
9a26a6e2 447.Ql \&?
4fe2af09 448serve as wildcards).
449The list may also contain
450patterns negated by prefixing them with
9a26a6e2 451.Ql \&! ;
4fe2af09 452if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
453The purpose
755c4339 454of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
bf740959 455by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
456the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
4fe2af09 457permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
458This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
bf740959 459servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
460just the key).
461.It Cm command="command"
462Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
4fe2af09 463authentication.
464The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
9658ecbc 465The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
4fe2af09 466otherwise it is run without a tty.
6691e41b 467If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
91789042 468one must not request a pty or should specify
61e96248 469.Cm no-pty .
4fe2af09 470A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
471This option might be useful
755c4339 472to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
4fe2af09 473An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
d0c832f3 474Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
475forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
4cdbc654 476Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
bf740959 477.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
478Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
4fe2af09 479logging in using this key.
480Environment variables set this way
481override other default environment values.
482Multiple options of this type are permitted.
35453849 483Environment processing is disabled by default and is
484controlled via the
485.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
486option.
2548961d 487This option is automatically disabled if
488.Cm UseLogin
489is enabled.
bf740959 490.It Cm no-port-forwarding
491Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
4fe2af09 492Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
493This might be used, e.g., in connection with the
bf740959 494.Cm command
495option.
496.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
497Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
498Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
499.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
500Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
501authentication.
502.It Cm no-pty
503Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
dc504afd 504.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
3730bb22 505Limit local
dc504afd 506.Li ``ssh -L''
b2ae83b8 507port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
ed787d14 508port.
509IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
433e60ac 510.Ar host Ns / Ns Ar port .
ed787d14 511Multiple
dc504afd 512.Cm permitopen
3cbc677d 513options may be applied separated by commas.
514No pattern matching is performed on the specified hostnames,
515they must be literal domains or addresses.
bf740959 516.El
517.Ss Examples
433e60ac 5181024 33 12121...312314325 ylo@foo.bar
bf740959 519.Pp
433e60ac 520from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23...2334 ylo@niksula
bf740959 521.Pp
433e60ac 522command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23...2323 backup.hut.fi
dc504afd 523.Pp
433e60ac 524permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23...2323
bf740959 525.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
f54651ce 526The
6691e41b 527.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
f54651ce 528and
f49bc4f7 529.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
4fe2af09 530files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
531The global file should
532be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
c345cf9d 533maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host
4fe2af09 534its key is added to the per-user file.
bf740959 535.Pp
536Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
4fe2af09 537bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
538The fields are separated by spaces.
bf740959 539.Pp
09dc8896 540Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
3cbc677d 541.Pf ( Ql \&*
542and
543.Ql \&?
9a26a6e2 544act as
bf740959 545wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
546name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
4fe2af09 547name (when authenticating a server).
548A pattern may also be preceded by
9a26a6e2 549.Ql \&!
bf740959 550to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
551pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
552pattern on the line.
553.Pp
1d1ffb87 554Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
bf740959 555can be obtained, e.g., from
2a8a6488 556.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
bf740959 557The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
558.Pp
559Lines starting with
560.Ql #
561and empty lines are ignored as comments.
562.Pp
563When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
4fe2af09 564matching line has the proper key.
565It is thus permissible (but not
bf740959 566recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
4fe2af09 567names.
568This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
569from different domains are put in the file.
570It is possible
bf740959 571that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
572accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
573.Pp
574Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
575long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
576Rather, generate them by a script
f54651ce 577or by taking
2a8a6488 578.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
bf740959 579and adding the host names at the front.
580.Ss Examples
da89cf4d 581.Bd -literal
433e60ac 582closenet,...,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159...93 closenet.hut.fi
da89cf4d 583cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
584.Ed
bf740959 585.Sh FILES
586.Bl -tag -width Ds
2a8a6488 587.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
bf740959 588Contains configuration data for
589.Nm sshd .
588df31a 590The file format and configuration options are described in
591.Xr sshd_config 5 .
2a8a6488 592.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
da89cf4d 593These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 594These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
bf740959 595accessible to others.
596Note that
597.Nm
598does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
2a8a6488 599.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
da89cf4d 600These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
b8dc87d3 601These files should be world-readable but writable only by
4fe2af09 602root.
b8dc87d3 603Their contents should match the respective private parts.
604These files are not
605really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
606the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
607These files are created using
bf740959 608.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
e2432638 609.It Pa /etc/moduli
c523303b 610Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
f1dcc34e 611The file format is described in
612.Xr moduli 5 .
75653d3e 613.It Pa /var/empty
614.Xr chroot 2
615directory used by
616.Nm
617during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
618The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
619and not group or world-writable.
5f4fdfae 620.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
bf740959 621Contains the process ID of the
622.Nm
623listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
baa08b92 624concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
4fe2af09 625started last).
c345cf9d 626The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
bf740959 627.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
da89cf4d 628Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account.
1d1ffb87 629This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
630it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
631volume).
632It is recommended that it not be accessible by others.
633The format of this file is described above.
634Users will place the contents of their
96a7b0cc 635.Pa identity.pub ,
1d1ffb87 636.Pa id_dsa.pub
c0ecc314 637and/or
638.Pa id_rsa.pub
1d1ffb87 639files into this file, as described in
640.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
433e60ac 641.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts", "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
6a17f9c2 642These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
f49bc4f7 643authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication
644to check the public key of the host.
4fe2af09 645The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted.
5bbb5681 646The client uses the same files
e91c60f2 647to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host.
4fe2af09 648These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
2a8a6488 649.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
bf740959 650should be world-readable, and
651.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
6691e41b 652can, but need not be, world-readable.
bf740959 653.It Pa /etc/nologin
f54651ce 654If this file exists,
bf740959 655.Nm
4fe2af09 656refuses to let anyone except root log in.
657The contents of the file
bf740959 658are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
4fe2af09 659refused.
660The file should be world-readable.
bf740959 661.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
5b263aae 662Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
663Further details are described in
bf740959 664.Xr hosts_access 5 .
665.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
6f5abc1e 666This file is used during
667.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
668and
669.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
670and contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
4fe2af09 671line.
672The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
6691e41b 673without a password.
4fe2af09 674The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
bf740959 675The file must
676be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
677accessible by others.
678.Pp
433e60ac 679It is also possible to use netgroups in the file.
4fe2af09 680Either host or user
bf740959 681name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users
682in the group.
683.It Pa $HOME/.shosts
684For ssh,
685this file is exactly the same as for
686.Pa .rhosts .
687However, this file is
688not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only.
c345cf9d 689.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
bf740959 690This file is used during
6f5abc1e 691.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
692and
693.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
4fe2af09 694authentication.
695In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
696Users on
bf740959 697those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
4fe2af09 698have the same user name on both machines.
699The host name may also be
bf740959 700followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
701.Em any
4fe2af09 702user on this machine (except root).
703Additionally, the syntax
bf740959 704.Dq +@group
4fe2af09 705can be used to specify netgroups.
706Negated entries start with
bf740959 707.Ql \&- .
708.Pp
709If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
710automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
4fe2af09 711same.
6f5abc1e 712Additionally, successful client host key authentication is required.
4fe2af09 713This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
bf740959 714that it be world-readable.
715.Pp
716.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
717.Pa hosts.equiv .
718Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
719.Em anybody ,
720which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
4fe2af09 721binaries and directories.
722Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
723The only valid use for user names that I can think
bf740959 724of is in negative entries.
725.Pp
726Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
5f4fdfae 727.It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
bf740959 728This is processed exactly as
729.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv .
730However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both
731rsh/rlogin and ssh.
732.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment
4fe2af09 733This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
734It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
bf740959 735.Ql # ) ,
4fe2af09 736and assignment lines of the form name=value.
737The file should be writable
bf740959 738only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
35453849 739Environment processing is disabled by default and is
740controlled via the
741.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
742option.
bf740959 743.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
6691e41b 744If this file exists, it is run with
745.Pa /bin/sh
746after reading the
4fe2af09 747environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
d4c6ddff 748It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
749instead.
750If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
751its standard input (and
bf740959 752.Ev DISPLAY
d4c6ddff 753in its environment).
754The script must call
bf740959 755.Xr xauth 1
d4c6ddff 756because
757.Nm
758will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
bf740959 759.Pp
760The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
761which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
762accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
763.Pp
764This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
da89cf4d 765something similar to:
766.Bd -literal
d4c6ddff 767if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
768 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
769 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
cb11b555 770 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
d4c6ddff 771 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
772 else
773 # X11UseLocalhost=no
cb11b555 774 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
775 fi | xauth -q -
d4c6ddff 776fi
da89cf4d 777.Ed
bf740959 778.Pp
779If this file does not exist,
2a8a6488 780.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 781is run, and if that
d4c6ddff 782does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
bf740959 783.Pp
784This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
785readable by anyone else.
2a8a6488 786.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
bf740959 787Like
788.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
789This can be used to specify
4fe2af09 790machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
791This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
089fbbd2 792.El
bf740959 793.Sh SEE ALSO
bf740959 794.Xr scp 1 ,
61e96248 795.Xr sftp 1 ,
bf740959 796.Xr ssh 1 ,
797.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
798.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
799.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
433e60ac 800.Xr chroot 2 ,
801.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
248bad82 802.Xr login.conf 5 ,
803.Xr moduli 5 ,
588df31a 804.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
433e60ac 805.Xr inetd 8 ,
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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