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3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.202 2004/08/26 16:00:55 markus Exp $
38.Dd September 25, 1999
39.Dt SSHD 8
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm sshd
43.Nd OpenSSH SSH daemon
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm sshd
46.Bk -words
47.Op Fl 46Ddeiqt
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
53.Op Fl o Ar option
54.Op Fl p Ar port
55.Op Fl u Ar len
56.Ek
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58.Nm
59(SSH Daemon) is the daemon program for
60.Xr ssh 1 .
61Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and
62provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
63over an insecure network.
64The programs are intended to be as easy to
65install and use as possible.
66.Pp
67.Nm
68is the daemon that listens for connections from clients.
69It is normally started at boot from
70.Pa /etc/rc .
71It forks a new
72daemon for each incoming connection.
73The forked daemons handle
74key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution,
75and data exchange.
76This implementation of
77.Nm
78supports both SSH protocol version 1 and 2 simultaneously.
79.Nm
80works as follows:
81.Ss SSH protocol version 1
82Each host has a host-specific RSA key
83(normally 1024 bits) used to identify the host.
84Additionally, when
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
89Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public
90host and server keys.
91The client compares the
92RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
93The client then generates a 256-bit random number.
94It encrypts this
95random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends
96the encrypted number to the server.
97Both sides then use this
98random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further
99communications in the session.
100The rest of the session is encrypted
101using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish or 3DES, with 3DES
102being used by default.
103The client selects the encryption algorithm
104to use from those offered by the server.
105.Pp
106Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
107The client tries to authenticate itself using
108.Em .rhosts
109authentication combined with RSA host
110authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password
111based authentication.
112.Pp
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
136.Nm rshd ,
137.Nm rlogind ,
138and
139.Nm rexecd
140are disabled (thus completely disabling
141.Xr rlogin
142and
143.Xr rsh
144into the machine).
145.Ss SSH protocol version 2
146Version 2 works similarly:
147Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host.
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.
151.Pp
152The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
153128-bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192-bit AES, or 256-bit AES.
154The client selects the encryption algorithm
155to use from those offered by the server.
156Additionally, session integrity is provided
157through a cryptographic message authentication code
158(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
159.Pp
160Protocol version 2 provides a public key based
161user (PubkeyAuthentication) or
162client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method,
163conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods.
164.Ss Command execution and data forwarding
165If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
166preparing the session is entered.
167At this time the client may request
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.
173The sides then enter session mode.
174In this mode, either side may send
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
183can be configured using command-line options or a configuration file
184(by default
185.Xr sshd_config 5 ) .
186Command-line options override values specified in the
187configuration file.
188.Pp
189.Nm
190rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
191.Dv SIGHUP ,
192by executing itself with the name and options it was started with, e.g.,
193.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
194.Pp
195The options are as follows:
196.Bl -tag -width Ds
197.It Fl 4
198Forces
199.Nm
200to use IPv4 addresses only.
201.It Fl 6
202Forces
203.Nm
204to use IPv6 addresses only.
205.It Fl b Ar bits
206Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
207server key (default 768).
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 .
214.It Fl d
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.
220Multiple
221.Fl d
222options increase the debugging level.
223Maximum is 3.
224.It Fl e
225When this option is specified,
226.Nm
227will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
228.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
229Specifies the name of the configuration file.
230The default is
231.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
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
236120 seconds).
237If the client fails to authenticate the user within
238this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
239A value of zero indicates no limit.
240.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
241Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
242This option must be given if
243.Nm
244is not run as root (as the normal
245host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
246The default is
247.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
248for protocol version 1, and
249.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
250and
251.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
252for protocol version 2.
253It is possible to have multiple host key files for
254the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
255.It Fl i
256Specifies that
257.Nm
258is being run from
259.Xr inetd 8 .
260.Nm
261is normally not run
262from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
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.
265However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using
266.Nm
267from inetd may
268be feasible.
269.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
270Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
271regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
272The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
273often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour
274it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
275communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
276seized.
277A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
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.
282For full details of the options, and their values, see
283.Xr sshd_config 5 .
284.It Fl p Ar port
285Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
286(default 22).
287Multiple port options are permitted.
288Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a
289command-line port is specified.
290.It Fl q
291Quiet mode.
292Nothing is sent to the system log.
293Normally the beginning,
294authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
295.It Fl t
296Test mode.
297Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
298This is useful for updating
299.Nm
300reliably as configuration options may change.
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.
317.Fl u0
318may also be used to prevent
319.Nm
320from making DNS requests unless the authentication
321mechanism or configuration requires it.
322Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
323.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
324.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
325and using a
326.Cm from="pattern-list"
327option in a key file.
328Configuration options that require DNS include using a
329USER@HOST pattern in
330.Cm AllowUsers
331or
332.Cm DenyUsers .
333.El
334.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
335.Nm
336reads configuration data from
337.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
338(or the file specified with
339.Fl f
340on the command line).
341The file format and configuration options are described in
342.Xr sshd_config 5 .
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,
350prints last login time and
351.Pa /etc/motd
352(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
353.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ;
354see the
355.Sx FILES
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
369Reads the file
370.Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment ,
371if it exists, and users are allowed to change their environment.
372See the
373.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
374option in
375.Xr sshd_config 5 .
376.It
377Changes to user's home directory.
378.It
379If
380.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
381exists, runs it; else if
382.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
383exists, runs
384it; otherwise runs xauth.
385The
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
393.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
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)
397in protocol version 2.
398.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
399may be used to specify an alternative file.
400.Pp
401Each line of the file contains one
402key (empty lines and lines starting with a
403.Ql #
404are ignored as
405comments).
406Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
407spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
408Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
409options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
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).
413The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
414protocol version 1; the
415comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
416user to identify the key).
417For protocol version 2 the keytype is
418.Dq ssh-dss
419or
420.Dq ssh-rsa .
421.Pp
422Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
423(because of the size of the public key encoding).
424You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
425.Pa identity.pub ,
426.Pa id_dsa.pub
427or the
428.Pa id_rsa.pub
429file and edit it.
430.Pp
431.Nm
432enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
433and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
434.Pp
435The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
436specifications.
437No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
438The following option specifications are supported (note
439that option keywords are case-insensitive):
440.Bl -tag -width Ds
441.It Cm from="pattern-list"
442Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
443of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
444patterns
445.Pf ( Ql \&*
446and
447.Ql \&?
448serve as wildcards).
449The list may also contain
450patterns negated by prefixing them with
451.Ql \&! ;
452if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
453The purpose
454of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
455by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
456the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
457permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
458This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
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
463authentication.
464The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
465The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
466otherwise it is run without a tty.
467If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
468one must not request a pty or should specify
469.Cm no-pty .
470A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
471This option might be useful
472to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
473An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
474Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11
475forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
476Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
477.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
478Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
479logging in using this key.
480Environment variables set this way
481override other default environment values.
482Multiple options of this type are permitted.
483Environment processing is disabled by default and is
484controlled via the
485.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
486option.
487This option is automatically disabled if
488.Cm UseLogin
489is enabled.
490.It Cm no-port-forwarding
491Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
492Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
493This might be used, e.g., in connection with the
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).
504.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
505Limit local
506.Li ``ssh -L''
507port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
508port.
509IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
510.Ar host Ns / Ns Ar port .
511Multiple
512.Cm permitopen
513options may be applied separated by commas.
514No pattern matching is performed on the specified hostnames,
515they must be literal domains or addresses.
516.El
517.Ss Examples
5181024 33 12121...312314325 ylo@foo.bar
519.Pp
520from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23...2334 ylo@niksula
521.Pp
522command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23...2323 backup.hut.fi
523.Pp
524permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23...2323
525.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
526The
527.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
528and
529.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
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
533maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host
534its key is added to the per-user file.
535.Pp
536Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
537bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
538The fields are separated by spaces.
539.Pp
540Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
541.Pf ( Ql \&*
542and
543.Ql \&?
544act as
545wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
546name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
547name (when authenticating a server).
548A pattern may also be preceded by
549.Ql \&!
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
554Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
555can be obtained, e.g., from
556.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
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
564matching line has the proper key.
565It is thus permissible (but not
566recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
567names.
568This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
569from different domains are put in the file.
570It is possible
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
577or by taking
578.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
579and adding the host names at the front.
580.Ss Examples
581.Bd -literal
582closenet,...,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159...93 closenet.hut.fi
583cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
584.Ed
585.Sh FILES
586.Bl -tag -width Ds
587.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
588Contains configuration data for
589.Nm sshd .
590The file format and configuration options are described in
591.Xr sshd_config 5 .
592.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
593These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
594These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
595accessible to others.
596Note that
597.Nm
598does not start if this file is group/world-accessible.
599.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
600These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
601These files should be world-readable but writable only by
602root.
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
608.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
609.It Pa /etc/moduli
610Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
611The file format is described in
612.Xr moduli 5 .
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.
620.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid
621Contains the process ID of the
622.Nm
623listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
624concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
625started last).
626The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
627.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
628Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account.
629This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply
630it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS
631volume).
632It is recommended that it not be accessible by others.
633The format of this file is described above.
634Users will place the contents of their
635.Pa identity.pub ,
636.Pa id_dsa.pub
637and/or
638.Pa id_rsa.pub
639files into this file, as described in
640.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
641.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts", "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
642These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host
643authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication
644to check the public key of the host.
645The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted.
646The client uses the same files
647to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host.
648These files should be writable only by root/the owner.
649.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
650should be world-readable, and
651.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
652can, but need not be, world-readable.
653.It Pa /etc/nologin
654If this file exists,
655.Nm
656refuses to let anyone except root log in.
657The contents of the file
658are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
659refused.
660The file should be world-readable.
661.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
662Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
663Further details are described in
664.Xr hosts_access 5 .
665.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
666This file is used during
667.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
668and
669.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
670and contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per
671line.
672The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in
673without a password.
674The same file is used by rlogind and rshd.
675The file must
676be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be
677accessible by others.
678.Pp
679It is also possible to use netgroups in the file.
680Either host or user
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.
689.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
690This file is used during
691.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
692and
693.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
694authentication.
695In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
696Users on
697those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
698have the same user name on both machines.
699The host name may also be
700followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
701.Em any
702user on this machine (except root).
703Additionally, the syntax
704.Dq +@group
705can be used to specify netgroups.
706Negated entries start with
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
711same.
712Additionally, successful client host key authentication is required.
713This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
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
721binaries and directories.
722Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
723The only valid use for user names that I can think
724of is in negative entries.
725.Pp
726Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.
727.It Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
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
733This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
734It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
735.Ql # ) ,
736and assignment lines of the form name=value.
737The file should be writable
738only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
739Environment processing is disabled by default and is
740controlled via the
741.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
742option.
743.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc
744If this file exists, it is run with
745.Pa /bin/sh
746after reading the
747environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
748It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
749instead.
750If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
751its standard input (and
752.Ev DISPLAY
753in its environment).
754The script must call
755.Xr xauth 1
756because
757.Nm
758will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
759.Pp
760The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
761which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
762accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
763.Pp
764This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
765something similar to:
766.Bd -literal
767if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
768 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
769 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
770 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
771 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
772 else
773 # X11UseLocalhost=no
774 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
775 fi | xauth -q -
776fi
777.Ed
778.Pp
779If this file does not exist,
780.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
781is run, and if that
782does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
783.Pp
784This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
785readable by anyone else.
786.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
787Like
788.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc .
789This can be used to specify
790machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
791This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
792.El
793.Sh SEE ALSO
794.Xr scp 1 ,
795.Xr sftp 1 ,
796.Xr ssh 1 ,
797.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
798.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
799.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
800.Xr chroot 2 ,
801.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
802.Xr login.conf 5 ,
803.Xr moduli 5 ,
804.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
805.Xr inetd 8 ,
806.Xr sftp-server 8
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"
814.%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt
815.%D January 2002
816.%O work in progress material
817.Re
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"
823.%N draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-02.txt
824.%D January 2002
825.%O work in progress material
826.Re
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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