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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 local_tun[:remote_tun]] [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 ExitOnForwardFailure
229 ForwardAgent
230 ForwardX11
231 ForwardX11Trusted
232 GatewayPorts
233 GlobalKnownHostsFile
234 GSSAPIAuthentication
235 GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
236 HashKnownHosts
237 Host
238 HostbasedAuthentication
239 HostKeyAlgorithms
240 HostKeyAlias
241 HostName
242 IdentityFile
243 IdentitiesOnly
244 KbdInteractiveDevices
245 LocalCommand
246 LocalForward
247 LogLevel
248 MACs
249 NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
250 NumberOfPasswordPrompts
251 PasswordAuthentication
252 PermitLocalCommand
253 Port
254 PreferredAuthentications
255 Protocol
256 ProxyCommand
257 PubkeyAuthentication
258 RekeyLimit
259 RemoteForward
260 RhostsRSAAuthentication
261 RSAAuthentication
262 SendEnv
263 ServerAliveInterval
264 ServerAliveCountMax
265 SmartcardDevice
266 StrictHostKeyChecking
267 TCPKeepAlive
268 Tunnel
269 TunnelDevice
270 UsePrivilegedPort
271 User
272 UserKnownHostsFile
273 VerifyHostKeyDNS
274 XAuthLocation
275
276 -p port
277 Port to connect to on the remote host. This can be specified on
278 a per-host basis in the configuration file.
279
280 -q Quiet mode. Causes all warning and diagnostic messages to be
281 suppressed.
282
283 -R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport
284 Specifies that the given port on the remote (server) host is to
285 be forwarded to the given host and port on the local side. This
286 works by allocating a socket to listen to port on the remote
287 side, and whenever a connection is made to this port, the connec-
288 tion is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is
289 made to host port hostport from the local machine.
290
291 Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file.
292 Privileged ports can be forwarded only when logging in as root on
293 the remote machine. IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing
294 the address in square braces or using an alternative syntax:
295 [bind_address/]host/port/hostport.
296
297 By default, the listening socket on the server will be bound to
298 the loopback interface only. This may be overriden by specifying
299 a bind_address. An empty bind_address, or the address `*', indi-
300 cates that the remote socket should listen on all interfaces.
301 Specifying a remote bind_address will only succeed if the serv-
302 er's GatewayPorts option is enabled (see sshd_config(5)).
303
304 -S ctl_path
305 Specifies the location of a control socket for connection shar-
306 ing. Refer to the description of ControlPath and ControlMaster
307 in ssh_config(5) for details.
308
309 -s May be used to request invocation of a subsystem on the remote
310 system. Subsystems are a feature of the SSH2 protocol which fa-
311 cilitate the use of SSH as a secure transport for other applica-
312 tions (eg. sftp(1)). The subsystem is specified as the remote
313 command.
314
315 -T Disable pseudo-tty allocation.
316
317 -t Force pseudo-tty allocation. This can be used to execute arbi-
318 trary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be
319 very useful, e.g. when implementing menu services. Multiple -t
320 options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty.
321
322 -V Display the version number and exit.
323
324 -v Verbose mode. Causes ssh to print debugging messages about its
325 progress. This is helpful in debugging connection, authentica-
326 tion, and configuration problems. Multiple -v options increase
327 the verbosity. The maximum is 3.
328
329 -w local_tun[:remote_tun]
330 Requests tunnel device forwarding with the specified tun(4) de-
331 vices between the client (local_tun) and the server (remote_tun).
332
333 The devices may be specified by numerical ID or the keyword
334 ``any'', which uses the next available tunnel device. If
335 remote_tun is not specified, it defaults to ``any''. See also
336 the Tunnel and TunnelDevice directives in ssh_config(5). If the
337 Tunnel directive is unset, it is set to the default tunnel mode,
338 which is ``point-to-point''.
339
340 -X Enables X11 forwarding. This can also be specified on a per-host
341 basis in a configuration file.
342
343 X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the
344 ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the
345 user's X authorization database) can access the local X11 display
346 through the forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able
347 to perform activities such as keystroke monitoring.
348
349 For this reason, X11 forwarding is subjected to X11 SECURITY ex-
350 tension restrictions by default. Please refer to the ssh -Y op-
351 tion and the ForwardX11Trusted directive in ssh_config(5) for
352 more information.
353
354 -x Disables X11 forwarding.
355
356 -Y Enables trusted X11 forwarding. Trusted X11 forwardings are not
357 subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension controls.
358
359 ssh may additionally obtain configuration data from a per-user configura-
360 tion file and a system-wide configuration file. The file format and con-
361 figuration options are described in ssh_config(5).
362
363 ssh exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255 if an
364 error occurred.
365
366AUTHENTICATION
367 The OpenSSH SSH client supports SSH protocols 1 and 2. Protocol 2 is the
368 default, with ssh falling back to protocol 1 if it detects protocol 2 is
369 unsupported. These settings may be altered using the Protocol option in
370 ssh_config(5), or enforced using the -1 and -2 options (see above). Both
371 protocols support similar authentication methods, but protocol 2 is pre-
372 ferred since it provides additional mechanisms for confidentiality (the
373 traffic is encrypted using AES, 3DES, Blowfish, CAST128, or Arcfour) and
374 integrity (hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-ripemd160). Protocol 1 lacks a
375 strong mechanism for ensuring the integrity of the connection.
376
377 The methods available for authentication are: GSSAPI-based authentica-
378 tion, host-based authentication, public key authentication, challenge-re-
379 sponse authentication, and password authentication. Authentication meth-
380 ods are tried in the order specified above, though protocol 2 has a con-
381 figuration option to change the default order: PreferredAuthentications.
382
383 Host-based authentication works as follows: If the machine the user logs
384 in from is listed in /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/shosts.equiv on the remote
385 machine, and the user names are the same on both sides, or if the files
386 ~/.rhosts or ~/.shosts exist in the user's home directory on the remote
387 machine and contain a line containing the name of the client machine and
388 the name of the user on that machine, the user is considered for login.
389 Additionally, the server must be able to verify the client's host key
390 (see the description of /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts and ~/.ssh/known_hosts,
391 below) for login to be permitted. This authentication method closes se-
392 curity holes due to IP spoofing, DNS spoofing, and routing spoofing.
393 [Note to the administrator: /etc/hosts.equiv, ~/.rhosts, and the
394 rlogin/rsh protocol in general, are inherently insecure and should be
395 disabled if security is desired.]
396
397 Public key authentication works as follows: The scheme is based on pub-
398 lic-key cryptography, using cryptosystems where encryption and decryption
399 are done using separate keys, and it is unfeasible to derive the decryp-
400 tion key from the encryption key. The idea is that each user creates a
401 public/private key pair for authentication purposes. The server knows
402 the public key, and only the user knows the private key. ssh implements
403 public key authentication protocol automatically, using either the RSA or
404 DSA algorithms. Protocol 1 is restricted to using only RSA keys, but
405 protocol 2 may use either. The HISTORY section of ssl(8) contains a
406 brief discussion of the two algorithms.
407
408 The file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys lists the public keys that are permitted
409 for logging in. When the user logs in, the ssh program tells the server
410 which key pair it would like to use for authentication. The client
411 proves that it has access to the private key and the server checks that
412 the corresponding public key is authorized to accept the account.
413
414 The user creates his/her key pair by running ssh-keygen(1). This stores
415 the private key in ~/.ssh/identity (protocol 1), ~/.ssh/id_dsa (protocol
416 2 DSA), or ~/.ssh/id_rsa (protocol 2 RSA) and stores the public key in
417 ~/.ssh/identity.pub (protocol 1), ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub (protocol 2 DSA), or
418 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (protocol 2 RSA) in the user's home directory. The us-
419 er should then copy the public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in his/her
420 home directory on the remote machine. The authorized_keys file corre-
421 sponds to the conventional ~/.rhosts file, and has one key per line,
422 though the lines can be very long. After this, the user can log in with-
423 out giving the password.
424
425 The most convenient way to use public key authentication may be with an
426 authentication agent. See ssh-agent(1) for more information.
427
428 Challenge-response authentication works as follows: The server sends an
429 arbitrary "challenge" text, and prompts for a response. Protocol 2 al-
430 lows multiple challenges and responses; protocol 1 is restricted to just
431 one challenge/response. Examples of challenge-response authentication
432 include BSD Authentication (see login.conf(5)) and PAM (some non-OpenBSD
433 systems).
434
435 Finally, if other authentication methods fail, ssh prompts the user for a
436 password. The password is sent to the remote host for checking; however,
437 since all communications are encrypted, the password cannot be seen by
438 someone listening on the network.
439
440 ssh automatically maintains and checks a database containing identifica-
441 tion for all hosts it has ever been used with. Host keys are stored in
442 ~/.ssh/known_hosts in the user's home directory. Additionally, the file
443 /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts is automatically checked for known hosts. Any
444 new hosts are automatically added to the user's file. If a host's iden-
445 tification ever changes, ssh warns about this and disables password au-
446 thentication to prevent server spoofing or man-in-the-middle attacks,
447 which could otherwise be used to circumvent the encryption. The
448 StrictHostKeyChecking option can be used to control logins to machines
449 whose host key is not known or has changed.
450
451 When the user's identity has been accepted by the server, the server ei-
452 ther executes the given command, or logs into the machine and gives the
453 user a normal shell on the remote machine. All communication with the
454 remote command or shell will be automatically encrypted.
455
456 If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the user
457 may use the escape characters noted below.
458
459 If no pseudo-tty has been allocated, the session is transparent and can
460 be used to reliably transfer binary data. On most systems, setting the
461 escape character to ``none'' will also make the session transparent even
462 if a tty is used.
463
464 The session terminates when the command or shell on the remote machine
465 exits and all X11 and TCP connections have been closed.
466
467ESCAPE CHARACTERS
468 When a pseudo-terminal has been requested, ssh supports a number of func-
469 tions through the use of an escape character.
470
471 A single tilde character can be sent as ~~ or by following the tilde by a
472 character other than those described below. The escape character must
473 always follow a newline to be interpreted as special. The escape charac-
474 ter can be changed in configuration files using the EscapeChar configura-
475 tion directive or on the command line by the -e option.
476
477 The supported escapes (assuming the default `~') are:
478
479 ~. Disconnect.
480
481 ~^Z Background ssh.
482
483 ~# List forwarded connections.
484
485 ~& Background ssh at logout when waiting for forwarded connection /
486 X11 sessions to terminate.
487
488 ~? Display a list of escape characters.
489
490 ~B Send a BREAK to the remote system (only useful for SSH protocol
491 version 2 and if the peer supports it).
492
493 ~C Open command line. Currently this allows the addition of port
494 forwardings using the -L and -R options (see above). It also al-
495 lows the cancellation of existing remote port-forwardings using
496 -KR[bind_address:]port. !command allows the user to execute a
497 local command if the PermitLocalCommand option is enabled in
498 ssh_config(5). Basic help is available, using the -h option.
499
500 ~R Request rekeying of the connection (only useful for SSH protocol
501 version 2 and if the peer supports it).
502
503TCP FORWARDING
504 Forwarding of arbitrary TCP connections over the secure channel can be
505 specified either on the command line or in a configuration file. One
506 possible application of TCP forwarding is a secure connection to a mail
507 server; another is going through firewalls.
508
509 In the example below, we look at encrypting communication between an IRC
510 client and server, even though the IRC server does not directly support
511 encrypted communications. This works as follows: the user connects to
512 the remote host using ssh, specifying a port to be used to forward con-
513 nections to the remote server. After that it is possible to start the
514 service which is to be encrypted on the client machine, connecting to the
515 same local port, and ssh will encrypt and forward the connection.
516
517 The following example tunnels an IRC session from client machine
518 ``127.0.0.1'' (localhost) to remote server ``server.example.com'':
519
520 $ ssh -f -L 1234:localhost:6667 server.example.com sleep 10
521 $ irc -c '#users' -p 1234 pinky 127.0.0.1
522
523 This tunnels a connection to IRC server ``server.example.com'', joining
524 channel ``#users'', nickname ``pinky'', using port 1234. It doesn't mat-
525 ter which port is used, as long as it's greater than 1023 (remember, only
526 root can open sockets on privileged ports) and doesn't conflict with any
527 ports already in use. The connection is forwarded to port 6667 on the
528 remote server, since that's the standard port for IRC services.
529
530 The -f option backgrounds ssh and the remote command ``sleep 10'' is
531 specified to allow an amount of time (10 seconds, in the example) to
532 start the service which is to be tunnelled. If no connections are made
533 within the time specified, ssh will exit.
534
535X11 FORWARDING
536 If the ForwardX11 variable is set to ``yes'' (or see the description of
537 the -X, -x, and -Y options above) and the user is using X11 (the DISPLAY
538 environment variable is set), the connection to the X11 display is auto-
539 matically forwarded to the remote side in such a way that any X11 pro-
540 grams started from the shell (or command) will go through the encrypted
541 channel, and the connection to the real X server will be made from the
542 local machine. The user should not manually set DISPLAY. Forwarding of
543 X11 connections can be configured on the command line or in configuration
544 files.
545
546 The DISPLAY value set by ssh will point to the server machine, but with a
547 display number greater than zero. This is normal, and happens because
548 ssh creates a ``proxy'' X server on the server machine for forwarding the
549 connections over the encrypted channel.
550
551 ssh will also automatically set up Xauthority data on the server machine.
552 For this purpose, it will generate a random authorization cookie, store
553 it in Xauthority on the server, and verify that any forwarded connections
554 carry this cookie and replace it by the real cookie when the connection
555 is opened. The real authentication cookie is never sent to the server
556 machine (and no cookies are sent in the plain).
557
558 If the ForwardAgent variable is set to ``yes'' (or see the description of
559 the -A and -a options above) and the user is using an authentication
560 agent, the connection to the agent is automatically forwarded to the re-
561 mote side.
562
563VERIFYING HOST KEYS
564 When connecting to a server for the first time, a fingerprint of the
565 server's public key is presented to the user (unless the option
566 StrictHostKeyChecking has been disabled). Fingerprints can be determined
567 using ssh-keygen(1):
568
569 $ ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
570
571 If the fingerprint is already known, it can be matched and verified, and
572 the key can be accepted. If the fingerprint is unknown, an alternative
573 method of verification is available: SSH fingerprints verified by DNS.
574 An additional resource record (RR), SSHFP, is added to a zonefile and the
575 connecting client is able to match the fingerprint with that of the key
576 presented.
577
578 In this example, we are connecting a client to a server,
579 ``host.example.com''. The SSHFP resource records should first be added
580 to the zonefile for host.example.com:
581
582 $ ssh-keygen -r host.example.com.
583
584 The output lines will have to be added to the zonefile. To check that
585 the zone is answering fingerprint queries:
586
587 $ dig -t SSHFP host.example.com
588
589 Finally the client connects:
590
591 $ ssh -o "VerifyHostKeyDNS ask" host.example.com
592 [...]
593 Matching host key fingerprint found in DNS.
594 Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
595
596 See the VerifyHostKeyDNS option in ssh_config(5) for more information.
597
598SSH-BASED VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
599 ssh contains support for Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnelling using
600 the tun(4) network pseudo-device, allowing two networks to be joined se-
601 curely. The sshd_config(5) configuration option PermitTunnel controls
602 whether the server supports this, and at what level (layer 2 or 3 traf-
603 fic).
604
605 The following example would connect client network 10.0.50.0/24 with re-
606 mote network 10.0.99.0/24 using a point-to-point connection from 10.1.1.1
607 to 10.1.1.2, provided that the SSH server running on the gateway to the
608 remote network, at 192.168.1.15, allows it.
609
610 On the client:
611
612 # ssh -f -w 0:1 192.168.1.15 true
613 # ifconfig tun0 10.1.1.1 10.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.252
614 # route add 10.0.99.0/24 10.1.1.2
615
616 On the server:
617
618 # ifconfig tun1 10.1.1.2 10.1.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.252
619 # route add 10.0.50.0/24 10.1.1.1
620
621 Client access may be more finely tuned via the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
622 file (see below) and the PermitRootLogin server option. The following
623 entry would permit connections on tun(4) device 1 from user ``jane'' and
624 on tun device 2 from user ``john'', if PermitRootLogin is set to
625 ``forced-commands-only'':
626
627 tunnel="1",command="sh /etc/netstart tun1" ssh-rsa ... jane
628 tunnel="2",command="sh /etc/netstart tun2" ssh-rsa ... john
629
630 Since an SSH-based setup entails a fair amount of overhead, it may be
631 more suited to temporary setups, such as for wireless VPNs. More perma-
632 nent VPNs are better provided by tools such as ipsecctl(8) and
633 isakmpd(8).
634
635ENVIRONMENT
636 ssh will normally set the following environment variables:
637
638 DISPLAY The DISPLAY variable indicates the location of the
639 X11 server. It is automatically set by ssh to
640 point to a value of the form ``hostname:n'', where
641 ``hostname'' indicates the host where the shell
642 runs, and `n' is an integer >= 1. ssh uses this
643 special value to forward X11 connections over the
644 secure channel. The user should normally not set
645 DISPLAY explicitly, as that will render the X11
646 connection insecure (and will require the user to
647 manually copy any required authorization cookies).
648
649 HOME Set to the path of the user's home directory.
650
651 LOGNAME Synonym for USER; set for compatibility with sys-
652 tems that use this variable.
653
654 MAIL Set to the path of the user's mailbox.
655
656 PATH Set to the default PATH, as specified when compil-
657 ing ssh.
658
659 SSH_ASKPASS If ssh needs a passphrase, it will read the
660 passphrase from the current terminal if it was run
661 from a terminal. If ssh does not have a terminal
662 associated with it but DISPLAY and SSH_ASKPASS are
663 set, it will execute the program specified by
664 SSH_ASKPASS and open an X11 window to read the
665 passphrase. This is particularly useful when call-
666 ing ssh from a .xsession or related script. (Note
667 that on some machines it may be necessary to redi-
668 rect the input from /dev/null to make this work.)
669
670 SSH_AUTH_SOCK Identifies the path of a UNIX-domain socket used to
671 communicate with the agent.
672
673 SSH_CONNECTION Identifies the client and server ends of the con-
674 nection. The variable contains four space-separat-
675 ed values: client IP address, client port number,
676 server IP address, and server port number.
677
678 SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND This variable contains the original command line if
679 a forced command is executed. It can be used to
680 extract the original arguments.
681
682 SSH_TTY This is set to the name of the tty (path to the de-
683 vice) associated with the current shell or command.
684 If the current session has no tty, this variable is
685 not set.
686
687 TZ This variable is set to indicate the present time
688 zone if it was set when the daemon was started
689 (i.e. the daemon passes the value on to new connec-
690 tions).
691
692 USER Set to the name of the user logging in.
693
694 Additionally, ssh reads ~/.ssh/environment, and adds lines of the format
695 ``VARNAME=value'' to the environment if the file exists and users are al-
696 lowed to change their environment. For more information, see the
697 PermitUserEnvironment option in sshd_config(5).
698
699FILES
700 ~/.rhosts
701 This file is used for host-based authentication (see above). On
702 some machines this file may need to be world-readable if the us-
703 er's home directory is on an NFS partition, because sshd(8) reads
704 it as root. Additionally, this file must be owned by the user,
705 and must not have write permissions for anyone else. The recom-
706 mended permission for most machines is read/write for the user,
707 and not accessible by others.
708
709 ~/.shosts
710 This file is used in exactly the same way as .rhosts, but allows
711 host-based authentication without permitting login with
712 rlogin/rsh.
713
714 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
715 Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in
716 as this user. The format of this file is described in the
717 sshd(8) manual page. This file is not highly sensitive, but the
718 recommended permissions are read/write for the user, and not ac-
719 cessible by others.
720
721 ~/.ssh/config
722 This is the per-user configuration file. The file format and
723 configuration options are described in ssh_config(5). Because of
724 the potential for abuse, this file must have strict permissions:
725 read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
726
727 ~/.ssh/environment
728 Contains additional definitions for environment variables; see
729 ENVIRONMENT, above.
730
731 ~/.ssh/identity
732 ~/.ssh/id_dsa
733 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
734 Contains the private key for authentication. These files contain
735 sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not acces-
736 sible by others (read/write/execute). ssh will simply ignore a
737 private key file if it is accessible by others. It is possible
738 to specify a passphrase when generating the key which will be
739 used to encrypt the sensitive part of this file using 3DES.
740
741 ~/.ssh/identity.pub
742 ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
743 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
744 Contains the public key for authentication. These files are not
745 sensitive and can (but need not) be readable by anyone.
746
747 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
748 Contains a list of host keys for all hosts the user has logged
749 into that are not already in the systemwide list of known host
750 keys. See sshd(8) for further details of the format of this
751 file.
752
753 ~/.ssh/rc
754 Commands in this file are executed by ssh when the user logs in,
755 just before the user's shell (or command) is started. See the
756 sshd(8) manual page for more information.
757
758 /etc/hosts.equiv
759 This file is for host-based authentication (see above). It
760 should only be writable by root.
761
762 /etc/shosts.equiv
763 This file is used in exactly the same way as hosts.equiv, but al-
764 lows host-based authentication without permitting login with
765 rlogin/rsh.
766
767 /etc/ssh/ssh_config
768 Systemwide configuration file. The file format and configuration
769 options are described in ssh_config(5).
770
771 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
772 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
773 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
774 These three files contain the private parts of the host keys and
775 are used for host-based authentication. If protocol version 1 is
776 used, ssh must be setuid root, since the host key is readable on-
777 ly by root. For protocol version 2, ssh uses ssh-keysign(8) to
778 access the host keys, eliminating the requirement that ssh be se-
779 tuid root when host-based authentication is used. By default ssh
780 is not setuid root.
781
782 /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
783 Systemwide list of known host keys. This file should be prepared
784 by the system administrator to contain the public host keys of
785 all machines in the organization. It should be world-readable.
786 See sshd(8) for further details of the format of this file.
787
788 /etc/ssh/sshrc
789 Commands in this file are executed by ssh when the user logs in,
790 just before the user's shell (or command) is started. See the
791 sshd(8) manual page for more information.
792
793SEE ALSO
794 scp(1), sftp(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh-keyscan(1),
795 tun(4), hosts.equiv(5), ssh_config(5), ssh-keysign(8), sshd(8)
796
797 The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Assigned Numbers, RFC 4250, 2006.
798
799 The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture, RFC 4251, 2006.
800
801 The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol, RFC 4252, 2006.
802
803 The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol, RFC 4253, 2006.
804
805 The Secure Shell (SSH) Connection Protocol, RFC 4254, 2006.
806
807 Using DNS to Securely Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints, RFC
808 4255, 2006.
809
810 Generic Message Exchange Authentication for the Secure Shell Protocol
811 (SSH), RFC 4256, 2006.
812
813 The Secure Shell (SSH) Session Channel Break Extension, RFC 4335, 2006.
814
815 The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Encryption Modes, RFC 4344, 2006.
816
817 Improved Arcfour Modes for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer
818 Protocol, RFC 4345, 2006.
819
820 Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer
821 Protocol, RFC 4419, 2006.
822
823 The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format, RFC 4716, 2006.
824
825AUTHORS
826 OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by
827 Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo
828 de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
829 created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol
830 versions 1.5 and 2.0.
831
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