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1SSH(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual SSH(1)
2
3NAME
4 ssh - OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program)
5
6SYNOPSIS
7 ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
8 [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
9 [-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
10 [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
11 [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
12 [-w tunnel:tunnel] [user@]hostname [command]
13
14DESCRIPTION
15 ssh (SSH client) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for
16 executing commands on a remote machine. It is intended to replace rlogin
17 and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrust-
18 ed hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP
19 ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
20
21 ssh connects and logs into the specified hostname (with optional user
22 name). The user must prove his/her identity to the remote machine using
23 one of several methods depending on the protocol version used (see be-
24 low).
25
26 If command is specified, it is executed on the remote host instead of a
27 login shell.
28
29 The options are as follows:
30
31 -1 Forces ssh to try protocol version 1 only.
32
33 -2 Forces ssh to try protocol version 2 only.
34
35 -4 Forces ssh to use IPv4 addresses only.
36
37 -6 Forces ssh to use IPv6 addresses only.
38
39 -A Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection. This
40 can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration
41 file.
42
43 Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the
44 ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the
45 agent's Unix-domain socket) can access the local agent through
46 the forwarded connection. An attacker cannot obtain key material
47 from the agent, however they can perform operations on the keys
48 that enable them to authenticate using the identities loaded into
49 the agent.
50
51 -a Disables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
52
53 -b bind_address
54 Use bind_address on the local machine as the source address of
55 the connection. Only useful on systems with more than one ad-
56 dress.
57
58 -C Requests compression of all data (including stdin, stdout,
59 stderr, and data for forwarded X11 and TCP connections). The
60 compression algorithm is the same used by gzip(1), and the
61 ``level'' can be controlled by the CompressionLevel option for
62 protocol version 1. Compression is desirable on modem lines and
63 other slow connections, but will only slow down things on fast
64 networks. The default value can be set on a host-by-host basis
65 in the configuration files; see the Compression option.
66
67 -c cipher_spec
68 Selects the cipher specification for encrypting the session.
69
70 Protocol version 1 allows specification of a single cipher. The
71 supported values are ``3des'', ``blowfish'', and ``des''. 3des
72 (triple-des) is an encrypt-decrypt-encrypt triple with three dif-
73 ferent keys. It is believed to be secure. blowfish is a fast
74 block cipher; it appears very secure and is much faster than
75 3des. des is only supported in the ssh client for interoperabil-
76 ity with legacy protocol 1 implementations that do not support
77 the 3des cipher. Its use is strongly discouraged due to crypto-
78 graphic weaknesses. The default is ``3des''.
79
80 For protocol version 2, cipher_spec is a comma-separated list of
81 ciphers listed in order of preference. The supported ciphers
82 are: 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc, aes192-cbc, aes256-cbc, aes128-ctr,
83 aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr, arcfour128, arcfour256, arcfour, blow-
84 fish-cbc, and cast128-cbc. The default is:
85
86 aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,
87 arcfour256,arcfour,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,aes128-ctr,
88 aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
89
90 -D [bind_address:]port
91 Specifies a local ``dynamic'' application-level port forwarding.
92 This works by allocating a socket to listen to port on the local
93 side, optionally bound to the specified bind_address. Whenever a
94 connection is made to this port, the connection is forwarded over
95 the secure channel, and the application protocol is then used to
96 determine where to connect to from the remote machine. Currently
97 the SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 protocols are supported, and ssh will act
98 as a SOCKS server. Only root can forward privileged ports. Dy-
99 namic port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration
100 file.
101
102 IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
103 [bind_address/]port or by enclosing the address in square brack-
104 ets. Only the superuser can forward privileged ports. By de-
105 fault, the local port is bound in accordance with the
106 GatewayPorts setting. However, an explicit bind_address may be
107 used to bind the connection to a specific address. The
108 bind_address of ``localhost'' indicates that the listening port
109 be bound for local use only, while an empty address or `*' indi-
110 cates that the port should be available from all interfaces.
111
112 -e escape_char
113 Sets the escape character for sessions with a pty (default: `~').
114 The escape character is only recognized at the beginning of a
115 line. The escape character followed by a dot (`.') closes the
116 connection; followed by control-Z suspends the connection; and
117 followed by itself sends the escape character once. Setting the
118 character to ``none'' disables any escapes and makes the session
119 fully transparent.
120
121 -F configfile
122 Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file. If a con-
123 figuration file is given on the command line, the system-wide
124 configuration file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config) will be ignored. The
125 default for the per-user configuration file is ~/.ssh/config.
126
127 -f Requests ssh to go to background just before command execution.
128 This is useful if ssh is going to ask for passwords or passphras-
129 es, but the user wants it in the background. This implies -n.
130 The recommended way to start X11 programs at a remote site is
131 with something like ssh -f host xterm.
132
133 -g Allows remote hosts to connect to local forwarded ports.
134
135 -I smartcard_device
136 Specify the device ssh should use to communicate with a smartcard
137 used for storing the user's private RSA key. This option is only
138 available if support for smartcard devices is compiled in (de-
139 fault is no support).
140
141 -i identity_file
142 Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for RSA or
143 DSA authentication is read. The default is ~/.ssh/identity for
144 protocol version 1, and ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_dsa for pro-
145 tocol version 2. Identity files may also be specified on a per-
146 host basis in the configuration file. It is possible to have
147 multiple -i options (and multiple identities specified in config-
148 uration files).
149
150 -k Disables forwarding (delegation) of GSSAPI credentials to the
151 server.
152
153 -L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport
154 Specifies that the given port on the local (client) host is to be
155 forwarded to the given host and port on the remote side. This
156 works by allocating a socket to listen to port on the local side,
157 optionally bound to the specified bind_address. Whenever a con-
158 nection is made to this port, the connection is forwarded over
159 the secure channel, and a connection is made to host port
160 hostport from the remote machine. Port forwardings can also be
161 specified in the configuration file. IPv6 addresses can be spec-
162 ified with an alternative syntax: [bind_address/]port/host/host-
163 port or by enclosing the address in square brackets. Only the
164 superuser can forward privileged ports. By default, the local
165 port is bound in accordance with the GatewayPorts setting. How-
166 ever, an explicit bind_address may be used to bind the connection
167 to a specific address. The bind_address of ``localhost'' indi-
168 cates that the listening port be bound for local use only, while
169 an empty address or `*' indicates that the port should be avail-
170 able from all interfaces.
171
172 -l login_name
173 Specifies the user to log in as on the remote machine. This also
174 may be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file.
175
176 -M Places the ssh client into ``master'' mode for connection shar-
177 ing. Multiple -M options places ssh into ``master'' mode with
178 confirmation required before slave connections are accepted. Re-
179 fer to the description of ControlMaster in ssh_config(5) for de-
180 tails.
181
182 -m mac_spec
183 Additionally, for protocol version 2 a comma-separated list of
184 MAC (message authentication code) algorithms can be specified in
185 order of preference. See the MACs keyword for more information.
186
187 -N Do not execute a remote command. This is useful for just for-
188 warding ports (protocol version 2 only).
189
190 -n Redirects stdin from /dev/null (actually, prevents reading from
191 stdin). This must be used when ssh is run in the background. A
192 common trick is to use this to run X11 programs on a remote ma-
193 chine. For example, ssh -n shadows.cs.hut.fi emacs & will start
194 an emacs on shadows.cs.hut.fi, and the X11 connection will be au-
195 tomatically forwarded over an encrypted channel. The ssh program
196 will be put in the background. (This does not work if ssh needs
197 to ask for a password or passphrase; see also the -f option.)
198
199 -O ctl_cmd
200 Control an active connection multiplexing master process. When
201 the -O option is specified, the ctl_cmd argument is interpreted
202 and passed to the master process. Valid commands are: ``check''
203 (check that the master process is running) and ``exit'' (request
204 the master to exit).
205
206 -o option
207 Can be used to give options in the format used in the configura-
208 tion file. This is useful for specifying options for which there
209 is no separate command-line flag. For full details of the op-
210 tions listed below, and their possible values, see ssh_config(5).
211
212 AddressFamily
213 BatchMode
214 BindAddress
215 ChallengeResponseAuthentication
216 CheckHostIP
217 Cipher
218 Ciphers
219 ClearAllForwardings
220 Compression
221 CompressionLevel
222 ConnectionAttempts
223 ConnectTimeout
224 ControlMaster
225 ControlPath
226 DynamicForward
227 EscapeChar
228 ForwardAgent
229 ForwardX11
230 ForwardX11Trusted
231 GatewayPorts
232 GlobalKnownHostsFile
233 GSSAPIAuthentication
234 GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
235 HashKnownHosts
236 Host
237 HostbasedAuthentication
238 HostKeyAlgorithms
239 HostKeyAlias
240 HostName
241 IdentityFile
242 IdentitiesOnly
243 KbdInteractiveDevices
244 LocalCommand
245 LocalForward
246 LogLevel
247 MACs
248 NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
249 NumberOfPasswordPrompts
250 PasswordAuthentication
251 PermitLocalCommand
252 Port
253 PreferredAuthentications
254 Protocol
255 ProxyCommand
256 PubkeyAuthentication
257 RekeyLimit
258 RemoteForward
259 RhostsRSAAuthentication
260 RSAAuthentication
261 SendEnv
262 ServerAliveInterval
263 ServerAliveCountMax
264 SmartcardDevice
265 StrictHostKeyChecking
266 TCPKeepAlive
267 Tunnel
268 TunnelDevice
269 UsePrivilegedPort
270 User
271 UserKnownHostsFile
272 VerifyHostKeyDNS
273 XAuthLocation
274
275 -p port
276 Port to connect to on the remote host. This can be specified on
277 a per-host basis in the configuration file.
278
279 -q Quiet mode. Causes all warning and diagnostic messages to be
280 suppressed.
281
282 -R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport
283 Specifies that the given port on the remote (server) host is to
284 be forwarded to the given host and port on the local side. This
285 works by allocating a socket to listen to port on the remote
286 side, and whenever a connection is made to this port, the connec-
287 tion is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is
288 made to host port hostport from the local machine.
289
290 Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file.
291 Privileged ports can be forwarded only when logging in as root on
292 the remote machine. IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing
293 the address in square braces or using an alternative syntax:
294 [bind_address/]host/port/hostport.
295
296 By default, the listening socket on the server will be bound to
297 the loopback interface only. This may be overriden by specifying
298 a bind_address. An empty bind_address, or the address `*', indi-
299 cates that the remote socket should listen on all interfaces.
300 Specifying a remote bind_address will only succeed if the serv-
301 er's GatewayPorts option is enabled (see sshd_config(5)).
302
303 -S ctl_path
304 Specifies the location of a control socket for connection shar-
305 ing. Refer to the description of ControlPath and ControlMaster
306 in ssh_config(5) for details.
307
308 -s May be used to request invocation of a subsystem on the remote
309 system. Subsystems are a feature of the SSH2 protocol which fa-
310 cilitate the use of SSH as a secure transport for other applica-
311 tions (eg. sftp(1)). The subsystem is specified as the remote
312 command.
313
314 -T Disable pseudo-tty allocation.
315
316 -t Force pseudo-tty allocation. This can be used to execute arbi-
317 trary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be
318 very useful, e.g., when implementing menu services. Multiple -t
319 options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty.
320
321 -V Display the version number and exit.
322
323 -v Verbose mode. Causes ssh to print debugging messages about its
324 progress. This is helpful in debugging connection, authentica-
325 tion, and configuration problems. Multiple -v options increase
326 the verbosity. The maximum is 3.
327
328 -w tunnel:tunnel
329 Requests a tun(4) device on the client (first tunnel arg) and
330 server (second tunnel arg). The devices may be specified by nu-
331 merical ID or the keyword ``any'', which uses the next available
332 tunnel device. See also the Tunnel directive in ssh_config(5).
333
334 -X Enables X11 forwarding. This can also be specified on a per-host
335 basis in a configuration file.
336
337 X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the
338 ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the
339 user's X authorization database) can access the local X11 display
340 through the forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able
341 to perform activities such as keystroke monitoring.
342
343 For this reason, X11 forwarding is subjected to X11 SECURITY ex-
344 tension restrictions by default. Please refer to the ssh -Y op-
345 tion and the ForwardX11Trusted directive in ssh_config(5) for
346 more information.
347
348 -x Disables X11 forwarding.
349
350 -Y Enables trusted X11 forwarding. Trusted X11 forwardings are not
351 subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension controls.
352
353 ssh may additionally obtain configuration data from a per-user configura-
354 tion file and a system-wide configuration file. The file format and con-
355 figuration options are described in ssh_config(5).
356
357 ssh exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255 if an
358 error occurred.
359
360AUTHENTICATION
361 The OpenSSH SSH client supports SSH protocols 1 and 2. Protocol 2 is the
362 default, with ssh falling back to protocol 1 if it detects protocol 2 is
363 unsupported. These settings may be altered using the Protocol option in
364 ssh_config(5), or enforced using the -1 and -2 options (see above). Both
365 protocols support similar authentication methods, but protocol 2 is pre-
366 ferred since it provides additional mechanisms for confidentiality (the
367 traffic is encrypted using AES, 3DES, Blowfish, CAST128, or Arcfour) and
368 integrity (hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-ripemd160). Protocol 1 lacks a
369 strong mechanism for ensuring the integrity of the connection.
370
371 The methods available for authentication are: host-based authentication,
372 public key authentication, challenge-response authentication, and pass-
373 word authentication. Authentication methods are tried in the order spec-
374 ified above, though protocol 2 has a configuration option to change the
375 default order: PreferredAuthentications.
376
377 Host-based authentication works as follows: If the machine the user logs
378 in from is listed in /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/shosts.equiv on the remote
379 machine, and the user names are the same on both sides, or if the files
380 ~/.rhosts or ~/.shosts exist in the user's home directory on the remote
381 machine and contain a line containing the name of the client machine and
382 the name of the user on that machine, the user is considered for login.
383 Additionally, the server must be able to verify the client's host key
384 (see the description of /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts and ~/.ssh/known_hosts,
385 below) for login to be permitted. This authentication method closes se-
386 curity holes due to IP spoofing, DNS spoofing, and routing spoofing.
387 [Note to the administrator: /etc/hosts.equiv, ~/.rhosts, and the
388 rlogin/rsh protocol in general, are inherently insecure and should be
389 disabled if security is desired.]
390
391 Public key authentication works as follows: The scheme is based on pub-
392 lic-key cryptography, using cryptosystems where encryption and decryption
393 are done using separate keys, and it is unfeasible to derive the decryp-
394 tion key from the encryption key. The idea is that each user creates a
395 public/private key pair for authentication purposes. The server knows
396 the public key, and only the user knows the private key. ssh implements
397 public key authentication protocol automatically, using either the RSA or
398 DSA algorithms. Protocol 1 is restricted to using only RSA keys, but
399 protocol 2 may use either. The HISTORY section of ssl(8) contains a
400 brief discussion of the two algorithms.
401
402 The file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys lists the public keys that are permitted
403 for logging in. When the user logs in, the ssh program tells the server
404 which key pair it would like to use for authentication. The client
405 proves that it has access to the private key and the server checks that
406 the corresponding public key is authorized to accept the account.
407
408 The user creates his/her key pair by running ssh-keygen(1). This stores
409 the private key in ~/.ssh/identity (protocol 1), ~/.ssh/id_dsa (protocol
410 2 DSA), or ~/.ssh/id_rsa (protocol 2 RSA) and stores the public key in
411 ~/.ssh/identity.pub (protocol 1), ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub (protocol 2 DSA), or
412 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (protocol 2 RSA) in the user's home directory. The us-
413 er should then copy the public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in his/her
414 home directory on the remote machine. The authorized_keys file corre-
415 sponds to the conventional ~/.rhosts file, and has one key per line,
416 though the lines can be very long. After this, the user can log in with-
417 out giving the password.
418
419 The most convenient way to use public key authentication may be with an
420 authentication agent. See ssh-agent(1) for more information.
421
422 Challenge-response authentication works as follows: The server sends an
423 arbitrary "challenge" text, and prompts for a response. Protocol 2 al-
424 lows multiple challenges and responses; protocol 1 is restricted to just
425 one challenge/response. Examples of challenge-response authentication
426 include BSD Authentication (see login.conf(5)) and PAM (some non-OpenBSD
427 systems).
428
429 Finally, if other authentication methods fail, ssh prompts the user for a
430 password. The password is sent to the remote host for checking; however,
431 since all communications are encrypted, the password cannot be seen by
432 someone listening on the network.
433
434 ssh automatically maintains and checks a database containing identifica-
435 tion for all hosts it has ever been used with. Host keys are stored in
436 ~/.ssh/known_hosts in the user's home directory. Additionally, the file
437 /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts is automatically checked for known hosts. Any
438 new hosts are automatically added to the user's file. If a host's iden-
439 tification ever changes, ssh warns about this and disables password au-
440 thentication to prevent server spoofing or man-in-the-middle attacks,
441 which could otherwise be used to circumvent the encryption. The
442 StrictHostKeyChecking option can be used to control logins to machines
443 whose host key is not known or has changed.
444
445 When the user's identity has been accepted by the server, the server ei-
446 ther executes the given command, or logs into the machine and gives the
447 user a normal shell on the remote machine. All communication with the
448 remote command or shell will be automatically encrypted.
449
450 If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the user
451 may use the escape characters noted below.
452
453 If no pseudo-tty has been allocated, the session is transparent and can
454 be used to reliably transfer binary data. On most systems, setting the
455 escape character to ``none'' will also make the session transparent even
456 if a tty is used.
457
458 The session terminates when the command or shell on the remote machine
459 exits and all X11 and TCP connections have been closed.
460
461ESCAPE CHARACTERS
462 When a pseudo-terminal has been requested, ssh supports a number of func-
463 tions through the use of an escape character.
464
465 A single tilde character can be sent as ~~ or by following the tilde by a
466 character other than those described below. The escape character must
467 always follow a newline to be interpreted as special. The escape charac-
468 ter can be changed in configuration files using the EscapeChar configura-
469 tion directive or on the command line by the -e option.
470
471 The supported escapes (assuming the default `~') are:
472
473 ~. Disconnect.
474
475 ~^Z Background ssh.
476
477 ~# List forwarded connections.
478
479 ~& Background ssh at logout when waiting for forwarded connection /
480 X11 sessions to terminate.
481
482 ~? Display a list of escape characters.
483
484 ~B Send a BREAK to the remote system (only useful for SSH protocol
485 version 2 and if the peer supports it).
486
487 ~C Open command line. Currently this allows the addition of port
488 forwardings using the -L and -R options (see above). It also al-
489 lows the cancellation of existing remote port-forwardings using
490 -KR hostport. !command allows the user to execute a local com-
491 mand if the PermitLocalCommand option is enabled in
492 ssh_config(5). Basic help is available, using the -h option.
493
494 ~R Request rekeying of the connection (only useful for SSH protocol
495 version 2 and if the peer supports it).
496
497TCP FORWARDING
498 Forwarding of arbitrary TCP connections over the secure channel can be
499 specified either on the command line or in a configuration file. One
500 possible application of TCP forwarding is a secure connection to a mail
501 server; another is going through firewalls.
502
503 In the example below, we look at encrypting communication between an IRC
504 client and server, even though the IRC server does not directly support
505 encrypted communications. This works as follows: the user connects to
506 the remote host using ssh, specifying a port to be used to forward con-
507 nections to the remote server. After that it is possible to start the
508 service which is to be encrypted on the client machine, connecting to the
509 same local port, and ssh will encrypt and forward the connection.
510
511 The following example tunnels an IRC session from client machine
512 ``127.0.0.1'' (localhost) to remote server ``server.example.com'':
513
514 $ ssh -f -L 1234:localhost:6667 server.example.com sleep 10
515 $ irc -c '#users' -p 1234 pinky 127.0.0.1
516
517 This tunnels a connection to IRC server ``server.example.com'', joining
518 channel ``#users'', nickname ``pinky'', using port 1234. It doesn't mat-
519 ter which port is used, as long as it's greater than 1023 (remember, only
520 root can open sockets on privileged ports) and doesn't conflict with any
521 ports already in use. The connection is forwarded to port 6667 on the
522 remote server, since that's the standard port for IRC services.
523
524 The -f option backgrounds ssh and the remote command ``sleep 10'' is
525 specified to allow an amount of time (10 seconds, in the example) to
526 start the service which is to be tunnelled. If no connections are made
527 within the time specified, ssh will exit.
528
529X11 FORWARDING
530 If the ForwardX11 variable is set to ``yes'' (or see the description of
531 the -X, -x, and -Y options above) and the user is using X11 (the DISPLAY
532 environment variable is set), the connection to the X11 display is auto-
533 matically forwarded to the remote side in such a way that any X11 pro-
534 grams started from the shell (or command) will go through the encrypted
535 channel, and the connection to the real X server will be made from the
536 local machine. The user should not manually set DISPLAY. Forwarding of
537 X11 connections can be configured on the command line or in configuration
538 files.
539
540 The DISPLAY value set by ssh will point to the server machine, but with a
541 display number greater than zero. This is normal, and happens because
542 ssh creates a ``proxy'' X server on the server machine for forwarding the
543 connections over the encrypted channel.
544
545 ssh will also automatically set up Xauthority data on the server machine.
546 For this purpose, it will generate a random authorization cookie, store
547 it in Xauthority on the server, and verify that any forwarded connections
548 carry this cookie and replace it by the real cookie when the connection
549 is opened. The real authentication cookie is never sent to the server
550 machine (and no cookies are sent in the plain).
551
552 If the ForwardAgent variable is set to ``yes'' (or see the description of
553 the -A and -a options above) and the user is using an authentication
554 agent, the connection to the agent is automatically forwarded to the re-
555 mote side.
556
557VERIFYING HOST KEYS
558 When connecting to a server for the first time, a fingerprint of the
559 server's public key is presented to the user (unless the option
560 StrictHostKeyChecking has been disabled). Fingerprints can be determined
561 using ssh-keygen(1):
562
563 $ ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
564
565 If the fingerprint is already known, it can be matched and verified, and
566 the key can be accepted. If the fingerprint is unknown, an alternative
567 method of verification is available: SSH fingerprints verified by DNS.
568 An additional resource record (RR), SSHFP, is added to a zonefile and the
569 connecting client is able to match the fingerprint with that of the key
570 presented.
571
572 In this example, we are connecting a client to a server,
573 ``host.example.com''. The SSHFP resource records should first be added
574 to the zonefile for host.example.com:
575
576 $ ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub -r host.example.com.
577 $ ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub -r host.example.com.
578
579 The output lines will have to be added to the zonefile. To check that
580 the zone is answering fingerprint queries:
581
582 $ dig -t SSHFP host.example.com
583
584 Finally the client connects:
585
586 $ ssh -o "VerifyHostKeyDNS ask" host.example.com
587 [...]
588 Matching host key fingerprint found in DNS.
589 Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
590
591 See the VerifyHostKeyDNS option in ssh_config(5) for more information.
592
593SSH-BASED VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
594 ssh contains support for Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnelling using
595 the tun(4) network pseudo-device, allowing two networks to be joined se-
596 curely. The sshd_config(5) configuration option PermitTunnel controls
597 whether the server supports this, and at what level (layer 2 or 3 traf-
598 fic).
599
600 The following example would connect client network 10.0.50.0/24 with re-
601 mote network 10.0.99.0/24, provided that the SSH server running on the
602 gateway to the remote network, at 192.168.1.15, allows it:
603
604 # ssh -f -w 0:1 192.168.1.15 true
605 # ifconfig tun0 10.0.50.1 10.0.99.1 netmask 255.255.255.252
606
607 Client access may be more finely tuned via the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
608 file (see below) and the PermitRootLogin server option. The following
609 entry would permit connections on the first tun(4) device from user
610 ``jane'' and on the second device from user ``john'', if PermitRootLogin
611 is set to ``forced-commands-only'':
612
613 tunnel="1",command="sh /etc/netstart tun1" ssh-rsa ... jane
614 tunnel="2",command="sh /etc/netstart tun1" ssh-rsa ... john
615
616 Since a SSH-based setup entails a fair amount of overhead, it may be more
617 suited to temporary setups, such as for wireless VPNs. More permanent
618 VPNs are better provided by tools such as ipsecctl(8) and isakmpd(8).
619
620ENVIRONMENT
621 ssh will normally set the following environment variables:
622
623 DISPLAY The DISPLAY variable indicates the location of the
624 X11 server. It is automatically set by ssh to
625 point to a value of the form ``hostname:n'', where
626 ``hostname'' indicates the host where the shell
627 runs, and `n' is an integer >= 1. ssh uses this
628 special value to forward X11 connections over the
629 secure channel. The user should normally not set
630 DISPLAY explicitly, as that will render the X11
631 connection insecure (and will require the user to
632 manually copy any required authorization cookies).
633
634 HOME Set to the path of the user's home directory.
635
636 LOGNAME Synonym for USER; set for compatibility with sys-
637 tems that use this variable.
638
639 MAIL Set to the path of the user's mailbox.
640
641 PATH Set to the default PATH, as specified when compil-
642 ing ssh.
643
644 SSH_ASKPASS If ssh needs a passphrase, it will read the
645 passphrase from the current terminal if it was run
646 from a terminal. If ssh does not have a terminal
647 associated with it but DISPLAY and SSH_ASKPASS are
648 set, it will execute the program specified by
649 SSH_ASKPASS and open an X11 window to read the
650 passphrase. This is particularly useful when call-
651 ing ssh from a .xsession or related script. (Note
652 that on some machines it may be necessary to redi-
653 rect the input from /dev/null to make this work.)
654
655 SSH_AUTH_SOCK Identifies the path of a UNIX-domain socket used to
656 communicate with the agent.
657
658 SSH_CONNECTION Identifies the client and server ends of the con-
659 nection. The variable contains four space-separat-
660 ed values: client IP address, client port number,
661 server IP address, and server port number.
662
663 SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND This variable contains the original command line if
664 a forced command is executed. It can be used to
665 extract the original arguments.
666
667 SSH_TTY This is set to the name of the tty (path to the de-
668 vice) associated with the current shell or command.
669 If the current session has no tty, this variable is
670 not set.
671
672 TZ This variable is set to indicate the present time
673 zone if it was set when the daemon was started
674 (i.e., the daemon passes the value on to new con-
675 nections).
676
677 USER Set to the name of the user logging in.
678
679 Additionally, ssh reads ~/.ssh/environment, and adds lines of the format
680 ``VARNAME=value'' to the environment if the file exists and users are al-
681 lowed to change their environment. For more information, see the
682 PermitUserEnvironment option in sshd_config(5).
683
684FILES
685 ~/.rhosts
686 This file is used for host-based authentication (see above). On
687 some machines this file may need to be world-readable if the us-
688 er's home directory is on an NFS partition, because sshd(8) reads
689 it as root. Additionally, this file must be owned by the user,
690 and must not have write permissions for anyone else. The recom-
691 mended permission for most machines is read/write for the user,
692 and not accessible by others.
693
694 ~/.shosts
695 This file is used in exactly the same way as .rhosts, but allows
696 host-based authentication without permitting login with
697 rlogin/rsh.
698
699 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
700 Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in
701 as this user. The format of this file is described in the
702 sshd(8) manual page. This file is not highly sensitive, but the
703 recommended permissions are read/write for the user, and not ac-
704 cessible by others.
705
706 ~/.ssh/config
707 This is the per-user configuration file. The file format and
708 configuration options are described in ssh_config(5). Because of
709 the potential for abuse, this file must have strict permissions:
710 read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
711
712 ~/.ssh/environment
713 Contains additional definitions for environment variables; see
714 ENVIRONMENT, above.
715
716 ~/.ssh/identity
717 ~/.ssh/id_dsa
718 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
719 Contains the private key for authentication. These files contain
720 sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not acces-
721 sible by others (read/write/execute). ssh will simply ignore a
722 private key file if it is accessible by others. It is possible
723 to specify a passphrase when generating the key which will be
724 used to encrypt the sensitive part of this file using 3DES.
725
726 ~/.ssh/identity.pub
727 ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
728 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
729 Contains the public key for authentication. These files are not
730 sensitive and can (but need not) be readable by anyone.
731
732 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
733 Contains a list of host keys for all hosts the user has logged
734 into that are not already in the systemwide list of known host
735 keys. See sshd(8) for further details of the format of this
736 file.
737
738 ~/.ssh/rc
739 Commands in this file are executed by ssh when the user logs in,
740 just before the user's shell (or command) is started. See the
741 sshd(8) manual page for more information.
742
743 /etc/hosts.equiv
744 This file is for host-based authentication (see above). It
745 should only be writable by root.
746
747 /etc/shosts.equiv
748 This file is used in exactly the same way as hosts.equiv, but al-
749 lows host-based authentication without permitting login with
750 rlogin/rsh.
751
752 /etc/ssh/ssh_config
753 Systemwide configuration file. The file format and configuration
754 options are described in ssh_config(5).
755
756 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
757 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
758 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
759 These three files contain the private parts of the host keys and
760 are used for host-based authentication. If protocol version 1 is
761 used, ssh must be setuid root, since the host key is readable on-
762 ly by root. For protocol version 2, ssh uses ssh-keysign(8) to
763 access the host keys, eliminating the requirement that ssh be se-
764 tuid root when host-based authentication is used. By default ssh
765 is not setuid root.
766
767 /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
768 Systemwide list of known host keys. This file should be prepared
769 by the system administrator to contain the public host keys of
770 all machines in the organization. It should be world-readable.
771 See sshd(8) for further details of the format of this file.
772
773 /etc/ssh/sshrc
774 Commands in this file are executed by ssh when the user logs in,
775 just before the user's shell (or command) is started. See the
776 sshd(8) manual page for more information.
777
778SEE ALSO
779 scp(1), sftp(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh-keyscan(1),
780 tun(4), hosts.equiv(5), ssh_config(5), ssh-keysign(8), sshd(8)
781
782 T. Ylonen, T. Kivinen, M. Saarinen, T. Rinne, and S. Lehtinen, SSH
783 Protocol Architecture, draft-ietf-secsh-architecture-12.txt, January
784 2002, work in progress material.
785
786AUTHORS
787 OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by
788 Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo
789 de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
790 created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol
791 versions 1.5 and 2.0.
792
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