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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-keysign.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh-keysign.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-keysign.8 b/ssh-keysign.8 index ab2cf21ba..cea4a8244 100644 --- a/ssh-keysign.8 +++ b/ssh-keysign.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keysign.8,v 1.2 2002/06/10 16:56:30 stevesk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keysign.8,v 1.3 2002/07/03 14:21:05 markus Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ is used by .Xr ssh 1 to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature required during hostbased authentication with SSH protocol version 2. +.Pp +.Nm +is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the +the global client configuration file +.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config +by setting +.Cm HostbasedAuthentication +to +.Dq yes . +.Pp .Nm is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from .Xr ssh 1 . @@ -46,6 +56,10 @@ and for more information about hostbased authentication. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config +Controls whether +.Nm +is enabled. .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to generate the digital signature. They @@ -58,6 +72,7 @@ must be set-uid root if hostbased authentication is used. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ssh 1 , .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , +.Xr ssh_config 5 , .Xr sshd 8 .Sh AUTHORS Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org> |