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authorKevin Steves <stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-01-04 18:14:17 +0000
committerKevin Steves <stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-01-04 18:14:17 +0000
commit14b2d2ff826507e45143f4d319acb80e09d5f4da (patch)
tree50e7d5487c43d7a7597672ad38cc37700f71cf6e /usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
parent88b19dc92239cefc63351005e35e470fbbeb4fb0 (diff)
protocol 2 HostKey code default is now /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key and
/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key like we have in sshd_config. ok markus@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/sshd.826
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
index 06d451ddfda..6ed6514d55e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
@@ -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: sshd.8,v 1.159 2001/12/28 22:37:48 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.160 2002/01/04 18:14:16 stevesk Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSHD 8
.Os
@@ -208,12 +208,18 @@ If the client fails to authenticate the user within
this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
A value of zero indicates no limit.
.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
-Specifies the file from which the host key is read (default
-.Pa /etc/ssh_host_key ) .
+Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
This option must be given if
.Nm
is not run as root (as the normal
-host file is normally not readable by anyone but root).
+host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
+The default is
+.Pa /etc/ssh_host_key
+for protocol version 1, and
+.Pa /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
+and
+.Pa /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
+for protocol version 2.
It is possible to have multiple host key files for
the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
.It Fl i
@@ -475,9 +481,15 @@ and applies to protocol version 2 only.
The default is
.Dq no .
.It Cm HostKey
-Specifies the file containing the private host keys (default
-.Pa /etc/ssh_host_key )
-used by SSH protocol versions 1 and 2.
+Specifies a file containing a private host key
+used by SSH.
+The default is
+.Pa /etc/ssh_host_key
+for protocol version 1, and
+.Pa /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
+and
+.Pa /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
+for protocol version 2.
Note that
.Nm
will refuse to use a file if it is group/world-accessible.