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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 | 29 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 index 2ae647ab587..bab5437d86e 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 1.216 2006/02/09 10:10:47 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.217 2006/02/12 10:52:41 jmc Exp $ .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSHD 8 .Os @@ -348,27 +348,24 @@ authentication protocol and cookie in standard input. Runs user's shell or command. .El .Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT -.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys -is the default file that lists the public keys that are -permitted for RSA authentication in protocol version 1 -and for public key authentication (PubkeyAuthentication) -in protocol version 2. .Cm AuthorizedKeysFile -may be used to specify an alternative file. -.Pp +specifies the file containing public keys for +public key authentication; +if none is specified, the default is +.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys . Each line of the file contains one key (empty lines and lines starting with a .Ql # are ignored as comments). -Each RSA public key consists of the following fields, separated by -spaces: options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment. -Each protocol version 2 public key consists of: -options, keytype, base64 encoded key, comment. -The options field -is optional; its presence is determined by whether the line starts +Protocol 1 public keys consist of the following space-separated fields: +options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment. +Protocol 2 public key consist of: +options, keytype, base64-encoded key, comment. +The options field is optional; +its presence is determined by whether the line starts with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number). -The bits, exponent, modulus and comment fields give the RSA key for +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). @@ -383,7 +380,7 @@ Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long keys up to 16 kilobits. You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the .Pa identity.pub , -.Pa id_dsa.pub +.Pa id_dsa.pub , or the .Pa id_rsa.pub file and edit it. |