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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-01-02 12:31:07 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-01-02 12:31:07 +0000
commit40312464416b97e7e7cee2a299e9bc3a1d0c4caf (patch)
tree57d9615c96392b5b96f5af9dad24088f944ef956 /usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
parent7356bf202c285ec2b52d81feeaccf9705c56743e (diff)
start to cut some duplicate info from FILES;
help/ok djm
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
index 2a8386dc46a..de9d9312f38 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" (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 1.234 2005/12/31 13:45:19 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.235 2006/01/02 12:31:06 jmc Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
@@ -1061,38 +1061,21 @@ in
See
.Xr sshd 8 .
.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity, ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-Contains the authentication identity of the user.
-They are for protocol 1 RSA, protocol 2 DSA, and protocol 2 RSA, respectively.
+Contains the private key for authentication.
These files
contain sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not
accessible by others (read/write/execute).
-Note that
.Nm
-ignores a private key file if it is accessible by others.
+will simply ignore a private key file if it is accessible by others.
It is possible to specify a passphrase when
-generating the key; the passphrase will be used to encrypt the
+generating the key which will be used to encrypt the
sensitive part of this file using 3DES.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub, ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub, ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
-Contains the public key for authentication (public part of the
-identity file in human-readable form).
-The contents of the
-.Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub
-file should be added to the file
-.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-on all machines
-where the user wishes to log in using protocol version 1 RSA authentication.
-The contents of the
-.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
-and
-.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
-file should be added to
-.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-on all machines
-where the user wishes to log in using protocol version 2 DSA/RSA authentication.
+Contains the public key for authentication.
These files are not
sensitive and can (but need not) be readable by anyone.
-These files are
-never used automatically and are not necessary; they are only provided for
+They are
+never used automatically and are not necessary: they are only provided for
the convenience of the user.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/config
This is the per-user configuration file.