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authorMarkus Friedl <markus@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-12-27 11:41:32 +0000
committerMarkus Friedl <markus@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-12-27 11:41:32 +0000
commit8c8e44a2d18411a4b014ac77323d6e8a603ba01e (patch)
treeae29b425fdd19cfbf7501f8744dfbdec06e31966 /usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
parent438e65b12d4bae042b74e26c667b44a5e1c0f4c2 (diff)
update for ssh-2
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/sshd.829
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
index 38e4ee4712c..85d6362acce 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 1.74 2000/11/29 21:11:59 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.75 2000/12/27 11:41:31 markus Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSHD 8
.Os
@@ -202,12 +202,14 @@ 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 RSA host key is read (default
+Specifies the file from which the host key is read (default
.Pa /etc/ssh_host_key ) .
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).
+It is possible to have multiple host key files for
+the different protocol versions.
.It Fl i
Specifies that
.Nm
@@ -726,26 +728,37 @@ file lists the RSA keys that are
permitted for RSA authentication in SSH protocols 1.3 and 1.5
Similarly, the
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2
-file lists the DSA keys that are
-permitted for DSA authentication in SSH protocol 2.0.
+file lists the DSA and RSA keys that are
+permitted for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication)
+in SSH protocol 2.0.
+.Pp
Each line of the file contains one
key (empty lines and lines starting with a
.Ql #
are ignored as
comments).
-Each line consists of the following fields, separated by
+Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by
spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
-The options field
-is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
+Each protocol version 2 public key consists of:
+options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment.
+The options fields
+are optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts
with a number or not (the option field never starts with a number).
-The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key; the
+The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for
+protocol version 1; the
comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
user to identify the key).
+For protocol version 2 the keytype is
+.Dq ssh-dss
+or
+.Dq ssh-rsa .
.Pp
Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
(because of the size of the RSA key modulus).
You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
.Pa identity.pub
+or the
+.Pa id_dsa.pub
file and edit it.
.Pp
The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option