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@@ -9,11 +9,20 @@ SYNOPSIS
9DESCRIPTION 9DESCRIPTION
10 ssh-keysign is used by ssh(1) to access the local host keys and generate 10 ssh-keysign is used by ssh(1) to access the local host keys and generate
11 the digital signature required during hostbased authentication with SSH 11 the digital signature required during hostbased authentication with SSH
12 protocol version 2. ssh-keysign is not intended to be invoked by the 12 protocol version 2.
13 user, but from ssh(1). See ssh(1) and sshd(8) for more information about 13
14 hostbased authentication. 14 ssh-keysign is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the the
15 global client configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config by setting
16 HostbasedAuthentication to ``yes''.
17
18 ssh-keysign is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from ssh(1).
19 See ssh(1) and sshd(8) for more information about hostbased authenticaM--
20 tion.
15 21
16FILES 22FILES
23 /etc/ssh/ssh_config
24 Controls whether ssh-keysign is enabled.
25
17 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key 26 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
18 These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to 27 These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to
19 generate the digital signature. They should be owned by root, 28 generate the digital signature. They should be owned by root,
@@ -22,7 +31,7 @@ FILES
22 hostbased authentication is used. 31 hostbased authentication is used.
23 32
24SEE ALSO 33SEE ALSO
25 ssh(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8) 34 ssh(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh_config(5), sshd(8)
26 35
27AUTHORS 36AUTHORS
28 Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org> 37 Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>