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@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
34.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 34.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
35.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 35.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
36.\" 36.\"
37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.234 2006/08/21 08:15:57 dtucker Exp $ 37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.237 2007/06/07 19:37:34 pvalchev Exp $
38.Dd September 25, 1999 38.Dd $Mdocdate: August 16 2007 $
39.Dt SSHD 8 39.Dt SSHD 8
40.Os 40.Os
41.Sh NAME 41.Sh NAME
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@
58.Nm 58.Nm
59(OpenSSH Daemon) is the daemon program for 59(OpenSSH Daemon) is the daemon program for
60.Xr ssh 1 . 60.Xr ssh 1 .
61Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and 61Together these programs replace
62provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts 62.Xr rlogin 1
63and
64.Xr rsh 1 ,
65and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
63over an insecure network. 66over an insecure network.
64.Pp 67.Pp
65.Nm 68.Nm
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ Maximum is 3.
117When this option is specified, 120When this option is specified,
118.Nm 121.Nm
119will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log. 122will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
120.It Fl f Ar configuration_file 123.It Fl f Ar config_file
121Specifies the name of the configuration file. 124Specifies the name of the configuration file.
122The default is 125The default is
123.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config . 126.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ The client selects the encryption algorithm
273to use from those offered by the server. 276to use from those offered by the server.
274Additionally, session integrity is provided 277Additionally, session integrity is provided
275through a cryptographic message authentication code 278through a cryptographic message authentication code
276(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5). 279(hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, umac-64 or hmac-ripemd160).
277.Pp 280.Pp
278Finally, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog. 281Finally, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
279The client tries to authenticate itself using 282The client tries to authenticate itself using
@@ -299,8 +302,9 @@ on Tru64,
299a leading 302a leading
300.Ql \&*LOCKED\&* 303.Ql \&*LOCKED\&*
301on FreeBSD and a leading 304on FreeBSD and a leading
302.Ql \&!! 305.Ql \&!
303on Linux). If there is a requirement to disable password authentication 306on most Linuxes).
307If there is a requirement to disable password authentication
304for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field 308for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field
305should be set to something other than these values (eg 309should be set to something other than these values (eg
306.Ql NP 310.Ql NP
@@ -758,15 +762,6 @@ This file is used in exactly the same way as
758but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with 762but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with
759rlogin/rsh. 763rlogin/rsh.
760.Pp 764.Pp
761.It /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
762Systemwide list of known host keys.
763This file should be prepared by the
764system administrator to contain the public host keys of all machines in the
765organization.
766The format of this file is described above.
767This file should be writable only by root/the owner and
768should be world-readable.
769.Pp
770.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key 765.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
771.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key 766.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
772.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key 767.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
@@ -790,6 +785,15 @@ the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
790These files are created using 785These files are created using
791.Xr ssh-keygen 1 . 786.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
792.Pp 787.Pp
788.It /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
789Systemwide list of known host keys.
790This file should be prepared by the
791system administrator to contain the public host keys of all machines in the
792organization.
793The format of this file is described above.
794This file should be writable only by root/the owner and
795should be world-readable.
796.Pp
793.It /etc/ssh/sshd_config 797.It /etc/ssh/sshd_config
794Contains configuration data for 798Contains configuration data for
795.Nm sshd . 799.Nm sshd .
@@ -826,6 +830,7 @@ The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
826.Xr ssh-add 1 , 830.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
827.Xr ssh-agent 1 , 831.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
828.Xr ssh-keygen 1 , 832.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
833.Xr ssh-keyscan 1 ,
829.Xr chroot 2 , 834.Xr chroot 2 ,
830.Xr hosts_access 5 , 835.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
831.Xr login.conf 5 , 836.Xr login.conf 5 ,