1.\" -*- nroff -*- 2.\" 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 4.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland 5.\" All rights reserved 6.\" 7.\" As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software 8.\" can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this 9.\" software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is 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.\" 13.\" Copyright (c) 1999,2000 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved. 14.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Aaron Campbell. All rights reserved. 15.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt. All rights reserved. 16.\" 17.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 18.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 19.\" are met: 20.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 21.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 22.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 23.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 24.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 25.\" 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 27.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 28.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 29.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 30.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 31.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 32.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 33.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 34.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 35.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.199 2003/08/13 08:46:31 markus Exp $ 38.\" $FreeBSD$ 39.Dd September 25, 1999 40.Dt SSHD 8 41.Os 42.Sh NAME 43.Nm sshd 44.Nd OpenSSH SSH daemon 45.Sh SYNOPSIS 46.Nm sshd 47.Bk -words 48.Op Fl deiqtD46 49.Op Fl b Ar bits 50.Op Fl f Ar config_file 51.Op Fl g Ar login_grace_time 52.Op Fl h Ar host_key_file 53.Op Fl k Ar key_gen_time 54.Op Fl o Ar option 55.Op Fl p Ar port 56.Op Fl u Ar len 57.Ek 58.Sh DESCRIPTION 59.Nm 60(SSH Daemon) is the daemon program for 61.Xr ssh 1 . 62Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and 63provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts 64over an insecure network. 65The programs are intended to be as easy to 66install and use as possible. 67.Pp 68.Nm 69is the daemon that listens for connections from clients. 70It is normally started at boot from 71.Pa /etc/rc.d/sshd . 72It forks a new 73daemon for each incoming connection. 74The forked daemons handle 75key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution, 76and data exchange. 77This implementation of 78.Nm 79supports both SSH protocol version 1 and 2 simultaneously. 80.Nm 81works as follows: 82.Pp 83.Ss SSH protocol version 1 84.Pp 85Each host has a host-specific RSA key 86(normally 1024 bits) used to identify the host. 87Additionally, when 88the daemon starts, it generates a server RSA key (normally 768 bits). 89This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and 90is never stored on disk. 91.Pp 92Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public 93host and server keys. 94The client compares the 95RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed. 96The client then generates a 256 bit random number. 97It encrypts this 98random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends 99the encrypted number to the server. 100Both sides then use this 101random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further 102communications in the session. 103The rest of the session is encrypted 104using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish or 3DES, with 3DES 105being used by default. 106The client selects the encryption algorithm 107to use from those offered by the server. 108.Pp 109Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog. 110The client tries to authenticate itself using 111.Pa .rhosts 112authentication, 113.Pa .rhosts 114authentication combined with RSA host 115authentication, RSA challenge-response authentication, or password 116based authentication. 117.Pp 118Regardless of the authentication type, the account is checked to 119ensure that it is accessible. An account is not accessible if it is 120locked, listed in 121.Cm DenyUsers 122or its group is listed in 123.Cm DenyGroups 124\&. The definition of a locked account is system dependant. Some platforms 125have their own account database (eg AIX) and some modify the passwd field ( 126.Ql \&*LK\&* 127on Solaris, 128.Ql \&* 129on HP-UX, containing 130.Ql Nologin 131on Tru64 and a leading 132.Ql \&!! 133on Linux). If there is a requirement to disable password authentication 134for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field 135should be set to something other than these values (eg 136.Ql NP 137or 138.Ql \&*NP\&* 139). 140.Pp 141Rhosts authentication is normally disabled 142because it is fundamentally insecure, but can be enabled in the server 143configuration file if desired. 144System security is not improved unless 145.Nm rshd , 146.Nm rlogind , 147and 148.Nm rexecd 149are disabled (thus completely disabling 150.Xr rlogin 151and 152.Xr rsh 153into the machine). 154.Pp 155.Ss SSH protocol version 2 156.Pp 157Version 2 works similarly: 158Each host has a host-specific key (RSA or DSA) used to identify the host. 159However, when the daemon starts, it does not generate a server key. 160Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement. 161This key agreement results in a shared session key. 162.Pp 163The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently 164128 bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192 bit AES, or 256 bit AES. 165The client selects the encryption algorithm 166to use from those offered by the server. 167Additionally, session integrity is provided 168through a cryptographic message authentication code 169(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5). 170.Pp 171Protocol version 2 provides a public key based 172user (PubkeyAuthentication) or 173client host (HostbasedAuthentication) authentication method, 174conventional password authentication and challenge response based methods. 175.Pp 176.Ss Command execution and data forwarding 177.Pp 178If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for 179preparing the session is entered. 180At this time the client may request 181things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections, 182forwarding TCP/IP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent 183connection over the secure channel. 184.Pp 185Finally, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command. 186The sides then enter session mode. 187In this mode, either side may send 188data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or 189command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side. 190.Pp 191When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other 192connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to 193the client, and both sides exit. 194.Pp 195.Nm 196can be configured using command-line options or a configuration 197file. 198Command-line options override values specified in the 199configuration file. 200.Pp 201.Nm 202rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal, 203.Dv SIGHUP , 204by executing itself with the name it was started as, i.e., 205.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd . 206.Pp 207The options are as follows: 208.Bl -tag -width Ds 209.It Fl b Ar bits 210Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1 211server key (default 768). 212.It Fl d 213Debug mode. 214The server sends verbose debug output to the system 215log, and does not put itself in the background. 216The server also will not fork and will only process one connection. 217This option is only intended for debugging for the server. 218Multiple 219.Fl d 220options increase the debugging level. 221Maximum is 3. 222.It Fl e 223When this option is specified, 224.Nm 225will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log. 226.It Fl f Ar configuration_file 227Specifies the name of the configuration file. 228The default is 229.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config . 230.Nm 231refuses to start if there is no configuration file. 232.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time 233Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default 234120 seconds). 235If the client fails to authenticate the user within 236this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits. 237A value of zero indicates no limit. 238.It Fl h Ar host_key_file 239Specifies a file from which a host key is read. 240This option must be given if 241.Nm 242is not run as root (as the normal 243host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root). 244The default is 245.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key 246for protocol version 1, and 247.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key 248for protocol version 2. 249It is possible to have multiple host key files for 250the different protocol versions and host key algorithms. 251.It Fl i 252Specifies that 253.Nm 254is being run from 255.Xr inetd 8 . 256.Nm 257is normally not run 258from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can 259respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds. 260Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time. 261However, with small key sizes (e.g., 512) using 262.Nm 263from inetd may 264be feasible. 265.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time 266Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is 267regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour). 268The motivation for regenerating the key fairly 269often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour, 270it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted 271communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically 272seized. 273A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated. 274.It Fl o Ar option 275Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file. 276This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate 277command-line flag. 278.It Fl p Ar port 279Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections 280(default 22). 281Multiple port options are permitted. 282Ports specified in the configuration file are ignored when a 283command-line port is specified. 284.It Fl q 285Quiet mode. 286Nothing is sent to the system log. 287Normally the beginning, 288authentication, and termination of each connection is logged. 289.It Fl t 290Test mode. 291Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys. 292This is useful for updating 293.Nm 294reliably as configuration options may change. 295.It Fl u Ar len 296This option is used to specify the size of the field 297in the 298.Li utmp 299structure that holds the remote host name. 300If the resolved host name is longer than 301.Ar len , 302the dotted decimal value will be used instead. 303This allows hosts with very long host names that 304overflow this field to still be uniquely identified. 305Specifying 306.Fl u0 307indicates that only dotted decimal addresses 308should be put into the 309.Pa utmp 310file. 311.Fl u0 312may also be used to prevent 313.Nm 314from making DNS requests unless the authentication 315mechanism or configuration requires it. 316Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include 317.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication , 318.Cm HostbasedAuthentication 319and using a 320.Cm from="pattern-list" 321option in a key file. 322Configuration options that require DNS include using a 323USER@HOST pattern in 324.Cm AllowUsers 325or 326.Cm DenyUsers . 327.It Fl D 328When this option is specified 329.Nm 330will not detach and does not become a daemon. 331This allows easy monitoring of 332.Nm sshd . 333.It Fl 4 334Forces 335.Nm 336to use IPv4 addresses only. 337.It Fl 6 338Forces 339.Nm 340to use IPv6 addresses only. 341.El 342.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE 343.Nm 344reads configuration data from 345.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config 346(or the file specified with 347.Fl f 348on the command line). 349The file format and configuration options are described in 350.Xr sshd_config 5 . 351.Sh LOGIN PROCESS 352When a user successfully logs in, 353.Nm 354does the following: 355.Bl -enum -offset indent 356.It 357If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified, 358prints last login time and 359.Pa /etc/motd 360(unless prevented in the configuration file or by 361.Pa $HOME/.hushlogin ; 362see the 363.Sx FILES 364section). 365.It 366If the login is on a tty, records login time. 367.It 368Checks 369.Pa /etc/nologin and 370.Pa /var/run/nologin ; 371if one exists, it prints the 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 380if it exists and users are allowed to change their environment. 381See the 382.Cm PermitUserEnvironment 383option in 384.Xr sshd_config 5 . 385.It 386Changes to user's home directory. 387.It 388If 389.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc 390exists, runs it; else if 391.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc 392exists, runs 393it; otherwise runs 394.Xr xauth 1 . 395The 396.Dq rc 397files are given the X11 398authentication protocol and cookie (if applicable) in standard input. 399.It 400Runs user's shell or command. 401.El 402.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT 403.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys 404is the default file that lists the public keys that are 405permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1 406and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication) 407in protocol version 2. 408.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile 409may be used to specify an alternative file. 410.Pp 411Each line of the file contains one 412key (empty lines and lines starting with a 413.Ql # 414are ignored as 415comments). 416Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by 417spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment. 418Each protocol version 2 public key consists of: 419options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment. 420The options field 421is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts 422with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number). 423The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for 424protocol version 1; the 425comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the 426user to identify the key). 427For protocol version 2 the keytype is 428.Dq ssh-dss 429or 430.Dq ssh-rsa . 431.Pp 432Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long 433(because of the size of the public key encoding). 434You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the 435.Pa identity.pub , 436.Pa id_dsa.pub 437or the 438.Pa id_rsa.pub 439file and edit it. 440.Pp 441.Nm 442enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1 443and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits. 444.Pp 445The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option 446specifications. 447No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes. 448The following option specifications are supported (note 449that option keywords are case-insensitive): 450.Bl -tag -width Ds 451.It Cm from="pattern-list" 452Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name 453of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of 454patterns 455.Pf ( Ql \&* 456and 457.Ql \&? 458serve as wildcards). 459The list may also contain 460patterns negated by prefixing them with 461.Ql \&! ; 462if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted. 463The purpose 464of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication 465by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but 466the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key 467permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world. 468This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name 469servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to 470just the key). 471.It Cm command="command" 472Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for 473authentication. 474The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored. 475The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty; 476otherwise it is run without a tty. 477If an 8-bit clean channel is required, 478one must not request a pty or should specify 479.Cm no-pty . 480A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash. 481This option might be useful 482to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation. 483An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else. 484Note that the client may specify TCP/IP and/or X11 485forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited. 486Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution. 487.It Cm environment="NAME=value" 488Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when 489logging in using this key. 490Environment variables set this way 491override other default environment values. 492Multiple options of this type are permitted. 493Environment processing is disabled by default and is 494controlled via the 495.Cm PermitUserEnvironment 496option. 497This option is automatically disabled if 498.Cm UseLogin 499is enabled. 500.It Cm no-port-forwarding 501Forbids TCP/IP forwarding when this key is used for authentication. 502Any port forward requests by the client will return an error. 503This might be used, e.g., in connection with the 504.Cm command 505option. 506.It Cm no-X11-forwarding 507Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication. 508Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error. 509.It Cm no-agent-forwarding 510Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for 511authentication. 512.It Cm no-pty 513Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail). 514.It Cm permitopen="host:port" 515Limit local 516.Li ``ssh -L'' 517port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and 518port. 519IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax: 520.Ar host/port . 521Multiple 522.Cm permitopen 523options may be applied separated by commas. 524No pattern matching is performed on the specified hostnames, 525they must be literal domains or addresses. 526.El 527.Ss Examples 5281024 33 12121.\|.\|.\|312314325 ylo@foo.bar 529.Pp 530from="*.niksula.hut.fi,!pc.niksula.hut.fi" 1024 35 23.\|.\|.\|2334 ylo@niksula 531.Pp 532command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323 backup.hut.fi 533.Pp 534permitopen="10.2.1.55:80",permitopen="10.2.1.56:25" 1024 33 23.\|.\|.\|2323 535.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT 536The 537.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts 538and 539.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts 540files contain host public keys for all known hosts. 541The global file should 542be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is 543maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host 544its key is added to the per-user file. 545.Pp 546Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames, 547bits, exponent, modulus, comment. 548The fields are separated by spaces. 549.Pp 550Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns 551.Pf ( Ql \&* 552and 553.Ql \&? 554act as 555wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host 556name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied 557name (when authenticating a server). 558A pattern may also be preceded by 559.Ql \&! 560to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated 561pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another 562pattern on the line. 563.Pp 564Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they 565can be obtained, e.g., from 566.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub . 567The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used. 568.Pp 569Lines starting with 570.Ql # 571and empty lines are ignored as comments. 572.Pp 573When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any 574matching line has the proper key. 575It is thus permissible (but not 576recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same 577names. 578This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names 579from different domains are put in the file. 580It is possible 581that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is 582accepted if valid information can be found from either file. 583.Pp 584Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters 585long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand. 586Rather, generate them by a script 587or by taking 588.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub 589and adding the host names at the front. 590.Ss Examples 591.Bd -literal 592closenet,.\|.\|.\|,130.233.208.41 1024 37 159.\|.\|.93 closenet.hut.fi 593cvs.openbsd.org,199.185.137.3 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....= 594.Ed 595.Sh FILES 596.Bl -tag -width Ds 597.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config 598Contains configuration data for 599.Nm sshd . 600The file format and configuration options are described in 601.Xr sshd_config 5 . 602.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key 603These two files contain the private parts of the host keys. 604These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not 605accessible to others. 606Note that 607.Nm 608does not start if this file is group/world-accessible. 609.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub 610These two files contain the public parts of the host keys. 611These files should be world-readable but writable only by 612root. 613Their contents should match the respective private parts. 614These files are not 615really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of 616the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files. 617These files are created using 618.Xr ssh-keygen 1 . 619.It Pa /etc/ssh/moduli 620Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange". 621The file format is described in 622.Xr moduli 5 . 623.It Pa /var/empty 624.Xr chroot 2 625directory used by 626.Nm 627during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase. 628The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root 629and not group or world-writable. 630.It Pa /var/run/sshd.pid 631Contains the process ID of the 632.Nm 633listening for connections (if there are several daemons running 634concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one 635started last). 636The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable. 637.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys 638Lists the public keys (RSA or DSA) that can be used to log into the user's account. 639This file must be readable by root (which may on some machines imply 640it being world-readable if the user's home directory resides on an NFS 641volume). 642It is recommended that it not be accessible by others. 643The format of this file is described above. 644Users will place the contents of their 645.Pa identity.pub , 646.Pa id_dsa.pub 647and/or 648.Pa id_rsa.pub 649files into this file, as described in 650.Xr ssh-keygen 1 . 651.It Pa "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts" and "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts" 652These files are consulted when using rhosts with RSA host 653authentication or protocol version 2 hostbased authentication 654to check the public key of the host. 655The key must be listed in one of these files to be accepted. 656The client uses the same files 657to verify that it is connecting to the correct remote host. 658These files should be writable only by root/the owner. 659.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts 660should be world-readable, and 661.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts 662can, but need not be, world-readable. 663.It Pa /etc/nologin 664If this file exists, 665.Nm 666refuses to let anyone except root log in. 667The contents of the file 668are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are 669refused. 670The file should be world-readable. 671.It Pa /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny 672Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here. 673Further details are described in 674.Xr hosts_access 5 . 675.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts 676This file contains host-username pairs, separated by a space, one per 677line. 678The given user on the corresponding host is permitted to log in 679without a password. 680The same file is used by rlogind and rshd. 681The file must 682be writable only by the user; it is recommended that it not be 683accessible by others. 684.Pp 685If is also possible to use netgroups in the file. 686Either host or user 687name may be of the form +@groupname to specify all hosts or all users 688in the group. 689.It Pa $HOME/.shosts 690For ssh, 691this file is exactly the same as for 692.Pa .rhosts . 693However, this file is 694not used by rlogin and rshd, so using this permits access using SSH only. 695.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv 696This file is used during 697.Pa .rhosts 698authentication. 699In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line. 700Users on 701those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they 702have the same user name on both machines. 703The host name may also be 704followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as 705.Em any 706user on this machine (except root). 707Additionally, the syntax 708.Dq +@group 709can be used to specify netgroups. 710Negated entries start with 711.Ql \&- . 712.Pp 713If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is 714automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the 715same. 716Additionally, successful RSA host authentication is normally required. 717This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended 718that it be world-readable. 719.Pp 720.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in" 721.Pa hosts.equiv . 722Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as 723.Em anybody , 724which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical 725binaries and directories. 726Using a user name practically grants the user root access. 727The only valid use for user names that I can think 728of is in negative entries. 729.Pp 730Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin. 731.It Pa /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv 732This is processed exactly as 733.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv . 734However, this file may be useful in environments that want to run both 735rsh/rlogin and ssh. 736.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/environment 737This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists). 738It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with 739.Ql # ) , 740and assignment lines of the form name=value. 741The file should be writable 742only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else. 743Environment processing is disabled by default and is 744controlled via the 745.Cm PermitUserEnvironment 746option. 747.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc 748If this file exists, it is run with 749.Pa /bin/sh 750after reading the 751environment files but before starting the user's shell or command. 752It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used 753instead. 754If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in 755its standard input (and 756.Ev DISPLAY 757in its environment). 758The script must call 759.Xr xauth 1 760because 761.Nm 762will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies. 763.Pp 764The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines 765which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes 766accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment. 767.Pp 768This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by 769something similar to: 770.Bd -literal 771if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then 772 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then 773 # X11UseLocalhost=yes 774 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY | 775 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie 776 else 777 # X11UseLocalhost=no 778 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie 779 fi | xauth -q - 780fi 781.Ed 782.Pp 783If this file does not exist, 784.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc 785is run, and if that 786does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie. 787.Pp 788This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be 789readable by anyone else. 790.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc 791Like 792.Pa $HOME/.ssh/rc . 793This can be used to specify 794machine-specific login-time initializations globally. 795This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable. 796.El 797.Sh SEE ALSO 798.Xr scp 1 , 799.Xr sftp 1 , 800.Xr ssh 1 , 801.Xr ssh-add 1 , 802.Xr ssh-agent 1 , 803.Xr ssh-keygen 1 , 804.Xr login.conf 5 , 805.Xr moduli 5 , 806.Xr sshd_config 5 , 807.Xr sftp-server 8 808.Rs 809.%A T. Ylonen 810.%A T. Kivinen 811.%A M. Saarinen 812.%A T. Rinne 813.%A S. Lehtinen 814.%T "SSH Protocol Architecture" 815.%N draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt 816.%D January 2002 817.%O work in progress material 818.Re 819.Rs 820.%A M. Friedl 821.%A N. Provos 822.%A W. A. Simpson 823.%T "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol" 824.%N draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-02.txt 825.%D January 2002 826.%O work in progress material 827.Re 828.Sh AUTHORS 829OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free 830ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. 831Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, 832Theo de Raadt and Dug Song 833removed many bugs, re-added newer features and 834created OpenSSH. 835Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH 836protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. 837Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support 838for privilege separation. 839