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authorBen Lindstrom <mouring@eviladmin.org>2002-07-04 00:19:40 +0000
committerBen Lindstrom <mouring@eviladmin.org>2002-07-04 00:19:40 +0000
commit5d35a2f5828cfb0a8579228d80e8bec60c8f8c64 (patch)
treed166c5fa709b6c87f4d18888cddda02ed95b2f4f /ssh-keysign.8
parent43ce2c86a89a512e3c9361b40155db8bbef3f441 (diff)
downloadopenssh-git-5d35a2f5828cfb0a8579228d80e8bec60c8f8c64.tar.gz
- markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2002/07/03 14:21:05
[ssh-keysign.8 ssh-keysign.c ssh.c ssh_config] re-enable ssh-keysign's sbit, but make ssh-keysign read /etc/ssh/ssh_config and exit if HostbasedAuthentication is disabled globally. based on discussions with deraadt, itojun and sommerfeld; ok itojun@
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diff --git a/ssh-keysign.8 b/ssh-keysign.8
index ab2cf21b..cea4a824 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>