From 7abde40896668ce9debfe056c7dabc6a70ef7da4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Watson Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 16:10:18 +0000 Subject: Various Debian-specific configuration changes ssh: Enable ForwardX11Trusted, returning to earlier semantics which cause fewer problems with existing setups (http://bugs.debian.org/237021). ssh: Set 'SendEnv LANG LC_*' by default (http://bugs.debian.org/264024). ssh: Enable HashKnownHosts by default to try to limit the spread of ssh worms. ssh: Enable GSSAPIAuthentication by default. sshd: Enable PAM, disable ChallengeResponseAuthentication, and disable PrintMotd. sshd: Enable X11Forwarding. sshd: Set 'AcceptEnv LANG LC_*' by default. sshd: Change sftp subsystem path to /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server. Document all of this. Author: Russ Allbery Forwarded: not-needed Last-Update: 2017-10-04 Patch-Name: debian-config.patch --- ssh_config.5 | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'ssh_config.5') diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index 4b42aab9d..d27655e15 100644 --- a/ssh_config.5 +++ b/ssh_config.5 @@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ Since the first obtained value for each parameter is used, more host-specific declarations should be given near the beginning of the file, and general defaults at the end. .Pp +Note that the Debian +.Ic openssh-client +package sets several options as standard in +.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config +which are not the default in +.Xr ssh 1 : +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact +.It +.Cm SendEnv No LANG LC_* +.It +.Cm HashKnownHosts No yes +.It +.Cm GSSAPIAuthentication No yes +.El +.Pp The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line. Lines starting with .Ql # @@ -721,11 +737,12 @@ elapsed. .It Cm ForwardX11Trusted If this option is set to .Cm yes , +(the Debian-specific default), remote X11 clients will have full access to the original X11 display. .Pp If this option is set to .Cm no -(the default), +(the upstream default), remote X11 clients will be considered untrusted and prevented from stealing or tampering with data belonging to trusted X11 clients. -- cgit v1.2.3