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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 | 26 |
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. |