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| author | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2008-02-10 22:46:22 +1100 |
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| committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2008-02-10 22:46:22 +1100 |
| commit | 520e61552a67c95dcf9b423241a0e4454ae911ef (patch) | |
| tree | 447297218be1a40bbdb2fdf85e1306b557225eca /sshd.8 | |
| parent | 70433b5d7310b03a02424fecf7f40a756fee22ae (diff) | |
| download | openssh-git-520e61552a67c95dcf9b423241a0e4454ae911ef.tar.gz | |
- mcbride@cvs.openbsd.org 2008/02/09 12:15:43
[ssh.1 sshd.8]
Document the correct permissions for the ~/.ssh/ directory.
ok jmc
Diffstat (limited to 'sshd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sshd.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.237 2007/06/07 19:37:34 pvalchev Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 11 2007 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.238 2008/02/09 12:15:43 mcbride Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 9 2008 $ .Dt SSHD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -682,6 +682,13 @@ This file is used in exactly the same way as but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with rlogin/rsh. .Pp +.It ~/.ssh/ +This directory is the default location for all user-specific configuration +and authentication information. +There is no general requirement to keep the entire contents of this directory +secret, but the recommended permissions are read/write/execute for the user, +and not accessible by others. +.Pp .It ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in as this user. The format of this file is described above. |