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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/ssh.126
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
index 8a9fb653d18..e83f618fd34 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 1.99 2001/03/19 12:49:51 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.100 2001/03/26 15:47:59 stevesk Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
@@ -640,16 +640,20 @@ The argument must be
.Dq yes
or
.Dq no .
+The default is
+.Dq no .
.It Cm CheckHostIP
If this flag is set to
.Dq yes ,
-ssh will additionally check the host ip address in the
+ssh will additionally check the host IP address in the
.Pa known_hosts
file.
This allows ssh to detect if a host key changed due to DNS spoofing.
If the option is set to
.Dq no ,
the check will not be executed.
+The default is
+.Dq yes .
.It Cm Cipher
Specifies the cipher to use for encrypting the session
in protocol version 1.
@@ -677,8 +681,10 @@ The argument must be
.Dq yes
or
.Dq no .
+The default is
+.Dq no .
.It Cm CompressionLevel
-Specifies the compression level to use if compression is enable.
+Specifies the compression level to use if compression is enabled.
The argument must be an integer from 1 (fast) to 9 (slow, best).
The default level is 6, which is good for most applications.
The meaning of the values is the same as in
@@ -688,12 +694,15 @@ Specifies the number of tries (one per second) to make before falling
back to rsh or exiting.
The argument must be an integer.
This may be useful in scripts if the connection sometimes fails.
+The default is 4.
.It Cm PubkeyAuthentication
Specifies whether to try public key authentication.
The argument to this keyword must be
.Dq yes
or
.Dq no .
+The default is
+.Dq yes .
Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only.
.It Cm EscapeChar
Sets the escape character (default:
@@ -720,6 +729,8 @@ The argument must be
.Dq yes
or
.Dq no .
+The default is
+.Dq no .
.It Cm ForwardAgent
Specifies whether the connection to the authentication agent (if any)
will be forwarded to the remote machine.
@@ -849,6 +860,8 @@ The argument to this keyword must be
.Dq yes
or
.Dq no .
+The default is
+.Dq yes .
Note that this option applies to both protocol version 1 and 2.
.It Cm Port
Specifies the port number to connect on the remote host.
@@ -923,14 +936,17 @@ The argument to this keyword must be
.Dq yes
or
.Dq no .
+The default is
+.Dq yes .
.It Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with RSA host
authentication.
-This is the primary authentication method for most sites.
The argument must be
.Dq yes
or
.Dq no .
+The default is
+.Dq yes .
.It Cm RSAAuthentication
Specifies whether to try RSA authentication.
The argument to this keyword must be
@@ -940,6 +956,8 @@ or
RSA authentication will only be
attempted if the identity file exists, or an authentication agent is
running.
+The default is
+.Dq yes .
Note that this option applies to protocol version 1 only.
.It Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication
Specifies whether to use challenge response authentication.