X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/eef52fa79c0ea7e17b65c8795b57909790d05cc9..HEAD:/ssh-keysign.8 diff --git a/ssh-keysign.8 b/ssh-keysign.8 index 99d37340..63cbd891 100644 --- a/ssh-keysign.8 +++ b/ssh-keysign.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keysign.8,v 1.5 2002/11/24 21:46:24 stevesk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keysign.8,v 1.9 2007/05/31 19:20:16 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd May 24, 2002 +.Dd $Mdocdate$ .Dt SSH-KEYSIGN 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ssh-keysign -.Nd ssh helper program for hostbased authentication +.Nd ssh helper program for host-based authentication .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ is used by .Xr ssh 1 to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature -required during hostbased authentication with SSH protocol version 2. +required during host-based authentication with SSH protocol version 2. .Pp .Nm is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ See .Xr ssh 1 and .Xr sshd 8 -for more information about hostbased authentication. +for more information about host-based authentication. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config @@ -62,21 +62,21 @@ Controls whether is enabled. .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to -generate the digital signature. They -should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not +generate the digital signature. +They should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not accessible to others. Since they are readable only by root, .Nm -must be set-uid root if hostbased authentication is used. +must be set-uid root if host-based authentication is used. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ssh 1 , .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , .Xr ssh_config 5 , .Xr sshd 8 -.Sh AUTHORS -Markus Friedl .Sh HISTORY .Nm first appeared in .Ox 3.2 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Markus Friedl Aq markus@openbsd.org