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| author | Ryan Thomas McBride <mcbride@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-02-09 12:15:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Ryan Thomas McBride <mcbride@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-02-09 12:15:44 +0000 |
| commit | 7bd1bbab67807873abad1d4adc9e5f1f76b9bccf (patch) | |
| tree | 3fccecbbc2beeca85d520f84892a2c8b3464159a | |
| parent | aca34d38dfb59fd0b03de1f2a0eb3507ccb2bae3 (diff) | |
Document the correct permissions for the ~/.ssh/ directory.
ok jmc
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 | 11 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 index 81d40470206..35e29cc0c17 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 +++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.271 2008/01/19 19:13:28 djm Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 19 2008 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.272 2008/02/09 12:15:43 mcbride Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 9 2008 $ .Dt SSH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1245,6 +1245,13 @@ This file is used in exactly the same way as but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with rlogin/rsh. .Pp +.It ~/.ssh/ +This directory is the default location for all user-specific configuration +and authentication information. +There is no general requirement to keep the entire contents of this directory +secret, but the recommended permissions are read/write/execute for the user, +and not accessible by others. +.Pp .It ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in as this user. The format of this file is described in the diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 index 3377f412a89..f64e8d7b458 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 +++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.237 2007/06/07 19:37:34 pvalchev Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 7 2007 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.238 2008/02/09 12:15:43 mcbride Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 9 2008 $ .Dt SSHD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ This file is used in exactly the same way as but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with rlogin/rsh. .Pp +.It ~/.ssh/ +This directory is the default location for all user-specific configuration +and authentication information. +There is no general requirement to keep the entire contents of this directory +secret, but the recommended permissions are read/write/execute for the user, +and not accessible by others. +.Pp .It ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in as this user. The format of this file is described above. |