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39.Dd November 30 2016
40.Dt SSHD_CONFIG 5
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm sshd_config
44.Nd OpenSSH SSH daemon configuration file
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Nm /etc/ssh/sshd_config
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Xr sshd 8
49reads configuration data from
50.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
51(or the file specified with
52.Fl f
53on the command line).
54The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line.
55Lines starting with
56.Ql #
57and empty lines are interpreted as comments.
58Arguments may optionally be enclosed in double quotes
59.Pq \&"
60in order to represent arguments containing spaces.
61.Pp
62The possible
63keywords and their meanings are as follows (note that
64keywords are case-insensitive and arguments are case-sensitive):
65.Bl -tag -width Ds
66.It Cm AcceptEnv
67Specifies what environment variables sent by the client will be copied into
68the session's
69.Xr environ 7 .
70See
71.Cm SendEnv
72in
73.Xr ssh_config 5
74for how to configure the client.
75The
76.Ev TERM
77environment variable is always sent whenever the client
78requests a pseudo-terminal as it is required by the protocol.
79Variables are specified by name, which may contain the wildcard characters
80.Ql *
81and
82.Ql \&? .
83Multiple environment variables may be separated by whitespace or spread
84across multiple
85.Cm AcceptEnv
86directives.
87Be warned that some environment variables could be used to bypass restricted
88user environments.
89For this reason, care should be taken in the use of this directive.
90The default is not to accept any environment variables.
91.It Cm AddressFamily
92Specifies which address family should be used by
93.Xr sshd 8 .
94Valid arguments are
95.Cm any
96(the default),
97.Cm inet
98(use IPv4 only), or
99.Cm inet6
100(use IPv6 only).
101.It Cm AllowAgentForwarding
102Specifies whether
103.Xr ssh-agent 1
104forwarding is permitted.
105The default is
106.Cm yes .
107Note that disabling agent forwarding does not improve security
108unless users are also denied shell access, as they can always install
109their own forwarders.
110.It Cm AllowGroups
111This keyword can be followed by a list of group name patterns, separated
112by spaces.
113If specified, login is allowed only for users whose primary
114group or supplementary group list matches one of the patterns.
115Only group names are valid; a numerical group ID is not recognized.
116By default, login is allowed for all groups.
117The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order:
118.Cm DenyUsers ,
119.Cm AllowUsers ,
120.Cm DenyGroups ,
121and finally
122.Cm AllowGroups .
123.Pp
124See PATTERNS in
125.Xr ssh_config 5
126for more information on patterns.
127.It Cm AllowStreamLocalForwarding
128Specifies whether StreamLocal (Unix-domain socket) forwarding is permitted.
129The available options are
130.Cm yes
131(the default)
132or
133.Cm all
134to allow StreamLocal forwarding,
135.Cm no
136to prevent all StreamLocal forwarding,
137.Cm local
138to allow local (from the perspective of
139.Xr ssh 1 )
140forwarding only or
141.Cm remote
142to allow remote forwarding only.
143Note that disabling StreamLocal forwarding does not improve security unless
144users are also denied shell access, as they can always install their
145own forwarders.
146.It Cm AllowTcpForwarding
147Specifies whether TCP forwarding is permitted.
148The available options are
149.Cm yes
150(the default)
151or
152.Cm all
153to allow TCP forwarding,
154.Cm no
155to prevent all TCP forwarding,
156.Cm local
157to allow local (from the perspective of
158.Xr ssh 1 )
159forwarding only or
160.Cm remote
161to allow remote forwarding only.
162Note that disabling TCP forwarding does not improve security unless
163users are also denied shell access, as they can always install their
164own forwarders.
165.It Cm AllowUsers
166This keyword can be followed by a list of user name patterns, separated
167by spaces.
168If specified, login is allowed only for user names that
169match one of the patterns.
170Only user names are valid; a numerical user ID is not recognized.
171By default, login is allowed for all users.
172If the pattern takes the form USER@HOST then USER and HOST
173are separately checked, restricting logins to particular
174users from particular hosts.
175HOST criteria may additionally contain addresses to match in CIDR
176address/masklen format.
177The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order:
178.Cm DenyUsers ,
179.Cm AllowUsers ,
180.Cm DenyGroups ,
181and finally
182.Cm AllowGroups .
183.Pp
184See PATTERNS in
185.Xr ssh_config 5
186for more information on patterns.
187.It Cm AuthenticationMethods
188Specifies the authentication methods that must be successfully completed
189for a user to be granted access.
190This option must be followed by one or more comma-separated lists of
191authentication method names, or by the single string
192.Cm any
193to indicate the default behaviour of accepting any single authentication
194method.
195If the default is overridden, then successful authentication requires
196completion of every method in at least one of these lists.
197.Pp
198For example,
199.Qq publickey,password publickey,keyboard-interactive
200would require the user to complete public key authentication, followed by
201either password or keyboard interactive authentication.
202Only methods that are next in one or more lists are offered at each stage,
203so for this example it would not be possible to attempt password or
204keyboard-interactive authentication before public key.
205.Pp
206For keyboard interactive authentication it is also possible to
207restrict authentication to a specific device by appending a
208colon followed by the device identifier
209.Cm bsdauth ,
210.Cm pam ,
211or
212.Cm skey ,
213depending on the server configuration.
214For example,
215.Qq keyboard-interactive:bsdauth
216would restrict keyboard interactive authentication to the
217.Cm bsdauth
218device.
219.Pp
220If the publickey method is listed more than once,
221.Xr sshd 8
222verifies that keys that have been used successfully are not reused for
223subsequent authentications.
224For example,
225.Qq publickey,publickey
226requires successful authentication using two different public keys.
227.Pp
228Note that each authentication method listed should also be explicitly enabled
229in the configuration.
230.It Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand
231Specifies a program to be used to look up the user's public keys.
232The program must be owned by root, not writable by group or others and
233specified by an absolute path.
234Arguments to
235.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand
236accept the tokens described in the
237.Sx TOKENS
238section.
239If no arguments are specified then the username of the target user is used.
240.Pp
241The program should produce on standard output zero or
242more lines of authorized_keys output (see
243.Sx AUTHORIZED_KEYS
244in
245.Xr sshd 8 ) .
246If a key supplied by
247.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand
248does not successfully authenticate
249and authorize the user then public key authentication continues using the usual
250.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
251files.
252By default, no
253.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand
254is run.
255.It Cm AuthorizedKeysCommandUser
256Specifies the user under whose account the
257.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand
258is run.
259It is recommended to use a dedicated user that has no other role on the host
260than running authorized keys commands.
261If
262.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand
263is specified but
264.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommandUser
265is not, then
266.Xr sshd 8
267will refuse to start.
268.It Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
269Specifies the file that contains the public keys used for user authentication.
270The format is described in the
271.Sx AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
272section of
273.Xr sshd 8 .
274Arguments to
275.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
276accept the tokens described in the
277.Sx TOKENS
278section.
279After expansion,
280.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
281is taken to be an absolute path or one relative to the user's home
282directory.
283Multiple files may be listed, separated by whitespace.
284Alternately this option may be set to
285.Cm none
286to skip checking for user keys in files.
287The default is
288.Qq .ssh/authorized_keys .ssh/authorized_keys2 .
289.It Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand
290Specifies a program to be used to generate the list of allowed
291certificate principals as per
292.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile .
293The program must be owned by root, not writable by group or others and
294specified by an absolute path.
295Arguments to
296.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand
297accept the tokens described in the
298.Sx TOKENS
299section.
300If no arguments are specified then the username of the target user is used.
301.Pp
302The program should produce on standard output zero or
303more lines of
304.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile
305output.
306If either
307.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand
308or
309.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile
310is specified, then certificates offered by the client for authentication
311must contain a principal that is listed.
312By default, no
313.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand
314is run.
315.It Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommandUser
316Specifies the user under whose account the
317.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand
318is run.
319It is recommended to use a dedicated user that has no other role on the host
320than running authorized principals commands.
321If
322.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand
323is specified but
324.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommandUser
325is not, then
326.Xr sshd 8
327will refuse to start.
328.It Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile
329Specifies a file that lists principal names that are accepted for
330certificate authentication.
331When using certificates signed by a key listed in
332.Cm TrustedUserCAKeys ,
333this file lists names, one of which must appear in the certificate for it
334to be accepted for authentication.
335Names are listed one per line preceded by key options (as described in
336.Sx AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
337in
338.Xr sshd 8 ) .
339Empty lines and comments starting with
340.Ql #
341are ignored.
342.Pp
343Arguments to
344.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile
345accept the tokens described in the
346.Sx TOKENS
347section.
348After expansion,
349.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile
350is taken to be an absolute path or one relative to the user's home directory.
351The default is
352.Cm none ,
353i.e. not to use a principals file \(en in this case, the username
354of the user must appear in a certificate's principals list for it to be
355accepted.
356.Pp
357Note that
358.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile
359is only used when authentication proceeds using a CA listed in
360.Cm TrustedUserCAKeys
361and is not consulted for certification authorities trusted via
362.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ,
363though the
364.Cm principals=
365key option offers a similar facility (see
366.Xr sshd 8
367for details).
368.It Cm Banner
369The contents of the specified file are sent to the remote user before
370authentication is allowed.
371If the argument is
372.Cm none
373then no banner is displayed.
374By default, no banner is displayed.
375.It Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication
376Specifies whether challenge-response authentication is allowed.
377All authentication styles from
378.Xr login.conf 5
379are supported.
380The default is
381.Cm yes .
382.It Cm ChrootDirectory
383Specifies the pathname of a directory to
384.Xr chroot 2
385to after authentication.
386At session startup
387.Xr sshd 8
388checks that all components of the pathname are root-owned directories
389which are not writable by any other user or group.
390After the chroot,
391.Xr sshd 8
392changes the working directory to the user's home directory.
393Arguments to
394.Cm ChrootDirectory
395accept the tokens described in the
396.Sx TOKENS
397section.
398.Pp
399The
400.Cm ChrootDirectory
401must contain the necessary files and directories to support the
402user's session.
403For an interactive session this requires at least a shell, typically
404.Xr sh 1 ,
405and basic
406.Pa /dev
407nodes such as
408.Xr null 4 ,
409.Xr zero 4 ,
410.Xr stdin 4 ,
411.Xr stdout 4 ,
412.Xr stderr 4 ,
413and
414.Xr tty 4
415devices.
416For file transfer sessions using SFTP
417no additional configuration of the environment is necessary if the in-process
418sftp-server is used,
419though sessions which use logging may require
420.Pa /dev/log
421inside the chroot directory on some operating systems (see
422.Xr sftp-server 8
423for details).
424.Pp
425For safety, it is very important that the directory hierarchy be
426prevented from modification by other processes on the system (especially
427those outside the jail).
428Misconfiguration can lead to unsafe environments which
429.Xr sshd 8
430cannot detect.
431.Pp
432The default is
433.Cm none ,
434indicating not to
435.Xr chroot 2 .
436.It Cm Ciphers
437Specifies the ciphers allowed.
438Multiple ciphers must be comma-separated.
439If the specified value begins with a
440.Sq +
441character, then the specified ciphers will be appended to the default set
442instead of replacing them.
443.Pp
444The supported ciphers are:
445.Pp
446.Bl -item -compact -offset indent
447.It
4483des-cbc
449.It
450aes128-cbc
451.It
452aes192-cbc
453.It
454aes256-cbc
455.It
456aes128-ctr
457.It
458aes192-ctr
459.It
460aes256-ctr
461.It
462aes128-gcm@openssh.com
463.It
464aes256-gcm@openssh.com
465.It
466arcfour
467.It
468arcfour128
469.It
470arcfour256
471.It
472blowfish-cbc
473.It
474cast128-cbc
475.It
476chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com
477.El
478.Pp
479The default is:
480.Bd -literal -offset indent
481chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,
482aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,
483aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com
484.Ed
485.Pp
486The list of available ciphers may also be obtained using
487.Qq ssh -Q cipher .
488.It Cm ClientAliveCountMax
489Sets the number of client alive messages which may be sent without
490.Xr sshd 8
491receiving any messages back from the client.
492If this threshold is reached while client alive messages are being sent,
493sshd will disconnect the client, terminating the session.
494It is important to note that the use of client alive messages is very
495different from
496.Cm TCPKeepAlive .
497The client alive messages are sent through the encrypted channel
498and therefore will not be spoofable.
499The TCP keepalive option enabled by
500.Cm TCPKeepAlive
501is spoofable.
502The client alive mechanism is valuable when the client or
503server depend on knowing when a connection has become inactive.
504.Pp
505The default value is 3.
506If
507.Cm ClientAliveInterval
508is set to 15, and
509.Cm ClientAliveCountMax
510is left at the default, unresponsive SSH clients
511will be disconnected after approximately 45 seconds.
512.It Cm ClientAliveInterval
513Sets a timeout interval in seconds after which if no data has been received
514from the client,
515.Xr sshd 8
516will send a message through the encrypted
517channel to request a response from the client.
518The default
519is 0, indicating that these messages will not be sent to the client.
520.It Cm Compression
521Specifies whether compression is enabled after
522the user has authenticated successfully.
523The argument must be
524.Cm yes ,
525.Cm delayed
526(a legacy synonym for
527.Cm yes )
528or
529.Cm no .
530The default is
531.Cm yes .
532.It Cm DenyGroups
533This keyword can be followed by a list of group name patterns, separated
534by spaces.
535Login is disallowed for users whose primary group or supplementary
536group list matches one of the patterns.
537Only group names are valid; a numerical group ID is not recognized.
538By default, login is allowed for all groups.
539The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order:
540.Cm DenyUsers ,
541.Cm AllowUsers ,
542.Cm DenyGroups ,
543and finally
544.Cm AllowGroups .
545.Pp
546See PATTERNS in
547.Xr ssh_config 5
548for more information on patterns.
549.It Cm DenyUsers
550This keyword can be followed by a list of user name patterns, separated
551by spaces.
552Login is disallowed for user names that match one of the patterns.
553Only user names are valid; a numerical user ID is not recognized.
554By default, login is allowed for all users.
555If the pattern takes the form USER@HOST then USER and HOST
556are separately checked, restricting logins to particular
557users from particular hosts.
558HOST criteria may additionally contain addresses to match in CIDR
559address/masklen format.
560The allow/deny directives are processed in the following order:
561.Cm DenyUsers ,
562.Cm AllowUsers ,
563.Cm DenyGroups ,
564and finally
565.Cm AllowGroups .
566.Pp
567See PATTERNS in
568.Xr ssh_config 5
569for more information on patterns.
570.It Cm DisableForwarding
571Disables all forwarding features, including X11,
572.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
573TCP and StreamLocal.
574This option overrides all other forwarding-related options and may
575simplify restricted configurations.
576.It Cm FingerprintHash
577Specifies the hash algorithm used when logging key fingerprints.
578Valid options are:
579.Cm md5
580and
581.Cm sha256 .
582The default is
583.Cm sha256 .
584.It Cm ForceCommand
585Forces the execution of the command specified by
586.Cm ForceCommand ,
587ignoring any command supplied by the client and
588.Pa ~/.ssh/rc
589if present.
590The command is invoked by using the user's login shell with the -c option.
591This applies to shell, command, or subsystem execution.
592It is most useful inside a
593.Cm Match
594block.
595The command originally supplied by the client is available in the
596.Ev SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
597environment variable.
598Specifying a command of
599.Cm internal-sftp
600will force the use of an in-process SFTP server that requires no support
601files when used with
602.Cm ChrootDirectory .
603The default is
604.Cm none .
605.It Cm GatewayPorts
606Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to ports
607forwarded for the client.
608By default,
609.Xr sshd 8
610binds remote port forwardings to the loopback address.
611This prevents other remote hosts from connecting to forwarded ports.
612.Cm GatewayPorts
613can be used to specify that sshd
614should allow remote port forwardings to bind to non-loopback addresses, thus
615allowing other hosts to connect.
616The argument may be
617.Cm no
618to force remote port forwardings to be available to the local host only,
619.Cm yes
620to force remote port forwardings to bind to the wildcard address, or
621.Cm clientspecified
622to allow the client to select the address to which the forwarding is bound.
623The default is
624.Cm no .
625.It Cm GSSAPIAuthentication
626Specifies whether user authentication based on GSSAPI is allowed.
627The default is
628.Cm no .
629.It Cm GSSAPICleanupCredentials
630Specifies whether to automatically destroy the user's credentials cache
631on logout.
632The default is
633.Cm yes .
634.It Cm GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck
635Determines whether to be strict about the identity of the GSSAPI acceptor
636a client authenticates against.
637If set to
638.Cm yes
639then the client must authenticate against the host
640service on the current hostname.
641If set to
642.Cm no
643then the client may authenticate against any service key stored in the
644machine's default store.
645This facility is provided to assist with operation on multi homed machines.
646The default is
647.Cm yes .
648.It Cm HostbasedAcceptedKeyTypes
649Specifies the key types that will be accepted for hostbased authentication
650as a comma-separated pattern list.
651Alternately if the specified value begins with a
652.Sq +
653character, then the specified key types will be appended to the default set
654instead of replacing them.
655The default for this option is:
656.Bd -literal -offset 3n
657ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
658ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
659ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
660ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
661ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
662ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
663ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa
664.Ed
665.Pp
666The list of available key types may also be obtained using
667.Qq ssh -Q key .
668.It Cm HostbasedAuthentication
669Specifies whether rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv authentication together
670with successful public key client host authentication is allowed
671(host-based authentication).
672The default is
673.Cm no .
674.It Cm HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly
675Specifies whether or not the server will attempt to perform a reverse
676name lookup when matching the name in the
677.Pa ~/.shosts ,
678.Pa ~/.rhosts ,
679and
680.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
681files during
682.Cm HostbasedAuthentication .
683A setting of
684.Cm yes
685means that
686.Xr sshd 8
687uses the name supplied by the client rather than
688attempting to resolve the name from the TCP connection itself.
689The default is
690.Cm no .
691.It Cm HostCertificate
692Specifies a file containing a public host certificate.
693The certificate's public key must match a private host key already specified
694by
695.Cm HostKey .
696The default behaviour of
697.Xr sshd 8
698is not to load any certificates.
699.It Cm HostKey
700Specifies a file containing a private host key
701used by SSH.
702The defaults are
703.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ,
704.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key ,
705.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
706and
707.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key .
708.Pp
709Note that
710.Xr sshd 8
711will refuse to use a file if it is group/world-accessible
712and that the
713.Cm HostKeyAlgorithms
714option restricts which of the keys are actually used by
715.Xr sshd 8 .
716.Pp
717It is possible to have multiple host key files.
718It is also possible to specify public host key files instead.
719In this case operations on the private key will be delegated
720to an
721.Xr ssh-agent 1 .
722.It Cm HostKeyAgent
723Identifies the UNIX-domain socket used to communicate
724with an agent that has access to the private host keys.
725If the string
726.Qq SSH_AUTH_SOCK
727is specified, the location of the socket will be read from the
728.Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
729environment variable.
730.It Cm HostKeyAlgorithms
731Specifies the host key algorithms
732that the server offers.
733The default for this option is:
734.Bd -literal -offset 3n
735ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
736ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
737ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
738ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
739ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
740ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
741ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa
742.Ed
743.Pp
744The list of available key types may also be obtained using
745.Qq ssh -Q key .
746.It Cm IgnoreRhosts
747Specifies that
748.Pa .rhosts
749and
750.Pa .shosts
751files will not be used in
752.Cm HostbasedAuthentication .
753.Pp
754.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
755and
756.Pa /etc/shosts.equiv
757are still used.
758The default is
759.Cm yes .
760.It Cm IgnoreUserKnownHosts
761Specifies whether
762.Xr sshd 8
763should ignore the user's
764.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts
765during
766.Cm HostbasedAuthentication .
767The default is
768.Cm no .
769.It Cm IPQoS
770Specifies the IPv4 type-of-service or DSCP class for the connection.
771Accepted values are
772.Cm af11 ,
773.Cm af12 ,
774.Cm af13 ,
775.Cm af21 ,
776.Cm af22 ,
777.Cm af23 ,
778.Cm af31 ,
779.Cm af32 ,
780.Cm af33 ,
781.Cm af41 ,
782.Cm af42 ,
783.Cm af43 ,
784.Cm cs0 ,
785.Cm cs1 ,
786.Cm cs2 ,
787.Cm cs3 ,
788.Cm cs4 ,
789.Cm cs5 ,
790.Cm cs6 ,
791.Cm cs7 ,
792.Cm ef ,
793.Cm lowdelay ,
794.Cm throughput ,
795.Cm reliability ,
796or a numeric value.
797This option may take one or two arguments, separated by whitespace.
798If one argument is specified, it is used as the packet class unconditionally.
799If two values are specified, the first is automatically selected for
800interactive sessions and the second for non-interactive sessions.
801The default is
802.Cm lowdelay
803for interactive sessions and
804.Cm throughput
805for non-interactive sessions.
806.It Cm KbdInteractiveAuthentication
807Specifies whether to allow keyboard-interactive authentication.
808The argument to this keyword must be
809.Cm yes
810or
811.Cm no .
812The default is to use whatever value
813.Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication
814is set to
815(by default
816.Cm yes ) .
817.It Cm KerberosAuthentication
818Specifies whether the password provided by the user for
819.Cm PasswordAuthentication
820will be validated through the Kerberos KDC.
821To use this option, the server needs a
822Kerberos servtab which allows the verification of the KDC's identity.
823The default is
824.Cm no .
825.It Cm KerberosGetAFSToken
826If AFS is active and the user has a Kerberos 5 TGT, attempt to acquire
827an AFS token before accessing the user's home directory.
828The default is
829.Cm no .
830.It Cm KerberosOrLocalPasswd
831If password authentication through Kerberos fails then
832the password will be validated via any additional local mechanism
833such as
834.Pa /etc/passwd .
835The default is
836.Cm yes .
837.It Cm KerberosTicketCleanup
838Specifies whether to automatically destroy the user's ticket cache
839file on logout.
840The default is
841.Cm yes .
842.It Cm KexAlgorithms
843Specifies the available KEX (Key Exchange) algorithms.
844Multiple algorithms must be comma-separated.
845Alternately if the specified value begins with a
846.Sq +
847character, then the specified methods will be appended to the default set
848instead of replacing them.
849The supported algorithms are:
850.Pp
851.Bl -item -compact -offset indent
852.It
853curve25519-sha256
854.It
855curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
856.It
857diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
858.It
859diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
860.It
861diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1
862.It
863diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
864.It
865ecdh-sha2-nistp256
866.It
867ecdh-sha2-nistp384
868.It
869ecdh-sha2-nistp521
870.El
871.Pp
872The default is:
873.Bd -literal -offset indent
874curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,
875ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,
876diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,
877diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
878.Ed
879.Pp
880The list of available key exchange algorithms may also be obtained using
881.Qq ssh -Q kex .
882.It Cm ListenAddress
883Specifies the local addresses
884.Xr sshd 8
885should listen on.
886The following forms may be used:
887.Pp
888.Bl -item -offset indent -compact
889.It
890.Cm ListenAddress
891.Sm off
892.Ar host | Ar IPv4_addr | Ar IPv6_addr
893.Sm on
894.It
895.Cm ListenAddress
896.Sm off
897.Ar host | Ar IPv4_addr : Ar port
898.Sm on
899.It
900.Cm ListenAddress
901.Sm off
902.Oo
903.Ar host | Ar IPv6_addr Oc : Ar port
904.Sm on
905.El
906.Pp
907If
908.Ar port
909is not specified,
910sshd will listen on the address and all
911.Cm Port
912options specified.
913The default is to listen on all local addresses.
914Multiple
915.Cm ListenAddress
916options are permitted.
917.It Cm LoginGraceTime
918The server disconnects after this time if the user has not
919successfully logged in.
920If the value is 0, there is no time limit.
921The default is 120 seconds but the default
922.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
923overwrites it to 600 seconds.
924.It Cm LogLevel
925Gives the verbosity level that is used when logging messages from
926.Xr sshd 8 .
927The possible values are:
928QUIET, FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2, and DEBUG3.
929The default is INFO.
930DEBUG and DEBUG1 are equivalent.
931DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels of debugging output.
932Logging with a DEBUG level violates the privacy of users and is not recommended.
933.It Cm MACs
934Specifies the available MAC (message authentication code) algorithms.
935The MAC algorithm is used for data integrity protection.
936Multiple algorithms must be comma-separated.
937If the specified value begins with a
938.Sq +
939character, then the specified algorithms will be appended to the default set
940instead of replacing them.
941.Pp
942The algorithms that contain
943.Qq -etm
944calculate the MAC after encryption (encrypt-then-mac).
945These are considered safer and their use recommended.
946The supported MACs are:
947.Pp
948.Bl -item -compact -offset indent
949.It
950hmac-md5
951.It
952hmac-md5-96
953.It
954hmac-ripemd160
955.It
956hmac-sha1
957.It
958hmac-sha1-96
959.It
960hmac-sha2-256
961.It
962hmac-sha2-512
963.It
964umac-64@openssh.com
965.It
966umac-128@openssh.com
967.It
968hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com
969.It
970hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com
971.It
972hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com
973.It
974hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com
975.It
976hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com
977.It
978hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com
979.It
980hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com
981.It
982umac-64-etm@openssh.com
983.It
984umac-128-etm@openssh.com
985.El
986.Pp
987The default is:
988.Bd -literal -offset indent
989umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,
990hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,
991hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,
992umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,
993hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
994.Ed
995.Pp
996The list of available MAC algorithms may also be obtained using
997.Qq ssh -Q mac .
998.It Cm Match
999Introduces a conditional block.
1000If all of the criteria on the
1001.Cm Match
1002line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those
1003set in the global section of the config file, until either another
1004.Cm Match
1005line or the end of the file.
1006If a keyword appears in multiple
1007.Cm Match
1008blocks that are satisfied, only the first instance of the keyword is
1009applied.
1010.Pp
1011The arguments to
1012.Cm Match
1013are one or more criteria-pattern pairs or the single token
1014.Cm All
1015which matches all criteria.
1016The available criteria are
1017.Cm User ,
1018.Cm Group ,
1019.Cm Host ,
1020.Cm LocalAddress ,
1021.Cm LocalPort ,
1022and
1023.Cm Address .
1024The match patterns may consist of single entries or comma-separated
1025lists and may use the wildcard and negation operators described in the
1026.Sx PATTERNS
1027section of
1028.Xr ssh_config 5 .
1029.Pp
1030The patterns in an
1031.Cm Address
1032criteria may additionally contain addresses to match in CIDR
1033address/masklen format,
1034such as 192.0.2.0/24 or 2001:db8::/32.
1035Note that the mask length provided must be consistent with the address -
1036it is an error to specify a mask length that is too long for the address
1037or one with bits set in this host portion of the address.
1038For example, 192.0.2.0/33 and 192.0.2.0/8, respectively.
1039.Pp
1040Only a subset of keywords may be used on the lines following a
1041.Cm Match
1042keyword.
1043Available keywords are
1044.Cm AcceptEnv ,
1045.Cm AllowAgentForwarding ,
1046.Cm AllowGroups ,
1047.Cm AllowStreamLocalForwarding ,
1048.Cm AllowTcpForwarding ,
1049.Cm AllowUsers ,
1050.Cm AuthenticationMethods ,
1051.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand ,
1052.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommandUser ,
1053.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile ,
1054.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand ,
1055.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommandUser ,
1056.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile ,
1057.Cm Banner ,
1058.Cm ChrootDirectory ,
1059.Cm ClientAliveCountMax ,
1060.Cm ClientAliveInterval ,
1061.Cm DenyGroups ,
1062.Cm DenyUsers ,
1063.Cm ForceCommand ,
1064.Cm GatewayPorts ,
1065.Cm GSSAPIAuthentication ,
1066.Cm HostbasedAcceptedKeyTypes ,
1067.Cm HostbasedAuthentication ,
1068.Cm HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly ,
1069.Cm IPQoS ,
1070.Cm KbdInteractiveAuthentication ,
1071.Cm KerberosAuthentication ,
1072.Cm MaxAuthTries ,
1073.Cm MaxSessions ,
1074.Cm PasswordAuthentication ,
1075.Cm PermitEmptyPasswords ,
1076.Cm PermitOpen ,
1077.Cm PermitRootLogin ,
1078.Cm PermitTTY ,
1079.Cm PermitTunnel ,
1080.Cm PermitUserRC ,
1081.Cm PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes ,
1082.Cm PubkeyAuthentication ,
1083.Cm RekeyLimit ,
1084.Cm RevokedKeys ,
1085.Cm StreamLocalBindMask ,
1086.Cm StreamLocalBindUnlink ,
1087.Cm TrustedUserCAKeys ,
1088.Cm X11DisplayOffset ,
1089.Cm X11Forwarding
1090and
1091.Cm X11UseLocalHost .
1092.It Cm MaxAuthTries
1093Specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted per
1094connection.
1095Once the number of failures reaches half this value,
1096additional failures are logged.
1097The default is 6.
1098.It Cm MaxSessions
1099Specifies the maximum number of open shell, login or subsystem (e.g. sftp)
1100sessions permitted per network connection.
1101Multiple sessions may be established by clients that support connection
1102multiplexing.
1103Setting
1104.Cm MaxSessions
1105to 1 will effectively disable session multiplexing, whereas setting it to 0
1106will prevent all shell, login and subsystem sessions while still permitting
1107forwarding.
1108The default is 10.
1109.It Cm MaxStartups
1110Specifies the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections to the
1111SSH daemon.
1112Additional connections will be dropped until authentication succeeds or the
1113.Cm LoginGraceTime
1114expires for a connection.
1115The default is 10:30:100.
1116.Pp
1117Alternatively, random early drop can be enabled by specifying
1118the three colon separated values
1119start:rate:full (e.g. "10:30:60").
1120.Xr sshd 8
1121will refuse connection attempts with a probability of rate/100 (30%)
1122if there are currently start (10) unauthenticated connections.
1123The probability increases linearly and all connection attempts
1124are refused if the number of unauthenticated connections reaches full (60).
1125.It Cm PasswordAuthentication
1126Specifies whether password authentication is allowed.
1127The default is
1128.Cm yes .
1129.It Cm PermitEmptyPasswords
1130When password authentication is allowed, it specifies whether the
1131server allows login to accounts with empty password strings.
1132The default is
1133.Cm no .
1134.It Cm PermitOpen
1135Specifies the destinations to which TCP port forwarding is permitted.
1136The forwarding specification must be one of the following forms:
1137.Pp
1138.Bl -item -offset indent -compact
1139.It
1140.Cm PermitOpen
1141.Sm off
1142.Ar host : port
1143.Sm on
1144.It
1145.Cm PermitOpen
1146.Sm off
1147.Ar IPv4_addr : port
1148.Sm on
1149.It
1150.Cm PermitOpen
1151.Sm off
1152.Ar \&[ IPv6_addr \&] : port
1153.Sm on
1154.El
1155.Pp
1156Multiple forwards may be specified by separating them with whitespace.
1157An argument of
1158.Cm any
1159can be used to remove all restrictions and permit any forwarding requests.
1160An argument of
1161.Cm none
1162can be used to prohibit all forwarding requests.
1163The wildcard
1164.Sq *
1165can be used for host or port to allow all hosts or ports, respectively.
1166By default all port forwarding requests are permitted.
1167.It Cm PermitRootLogin
1168Specifies whether root can log in using
1169.Xr ssh 1 .
1170The argument must be
1171.Cm yes ,
1172.Cm prohibit-password ,
1173.Cm without-password ,
1174.Cm forced-commands-only ,
1175or
1176.Cm no .
1177The default is
1178.Cm prohibit-password .
1179.Pp
1180If this option is set to
1181.Cm prohibit-password
1182or
1183.Cm without-password ,
1184password and keyboard-interactive authentication are disabled for root.
1185.Pp
1186If this option is set to
1187.Cm forced-commands-only ,
1188root login with public key authentication will be allowed,
1189but only if the
1190.Ar command
1191option has been specified
1192(which may be useful for taking remote backups even if root login is
1193normally not allowed).
1194All other authentication methods are disabled for root.
1195.Pp
1196If this option is set to
1197.Cm no ,
1198root is not allowed to log in.
1199.It Cm PermitTTY
1200Specifies whether
1201.Xr pty 4
1202allocation is permitted.
1203The default is
1204.Cm yes .
1205.It Cm PermitTunnel
1206Specifies whether
1207.Xr tun 4
1208device forwarding is allowed.
1209The argument must be
1210.Cm yes ,
1211.Cm point-to-point
1212(layer 3),
1213.Cm ethernet
1214(layer 2), or
1215.Cm no .
1216Specifying
1217.Cm yes
1218permits both
1219.Cm point-to-point
1220and
1221.Cm ethernet .
1222The default is
1223.Cm no .
1224.Pp
1225Independent of this setting, the permissions of the selected
1226.Xr tun 4
1227device must allow access to the user.
1228.It Cm PermitUserEnvironment
1229Specifies whether
1230.Pa ~/.ssh/environment
1231and
1232.Cm environment=
1233options in
1234.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
1235are processed by
1236.Xr sshd 8 .
1237The default is
1238.Cm no .
1239Enabling environment processing may enable users to bypass access
1240restrictions in some configurations using mechanisms such as
1241.Ev LD_PRELOAD .
1242.It Cm PermitUserRC
1243Specifies whether any
1244.Pa ~/.ssh/rc
1245file is executed.
1246The default is
1247.Cm yes .
1248.It Cm PidFile
1249Specifies the file that contains the process ID of the
1250SSH daemon, or
1251.Cm none
1252to not write one.
1253The default is
1254.Pa /var/run/sshd.pid .
1255.It Cm Port
1256Specifies the port number that
1257.Xr sshd 8
1258listens on.
1259The default is 22.
1260Multiple options of this type are permitted.
1261See also
1262.Cm ListenAddress .
1263.It Cm PrintLastLog
1264Specifies whether
1265.Xr sshd 8
1266should print the date and time of the last user login when a user logs
1267in interactively.
1268The default is
1269.Cm yes .
1270.It Cm PrintMotd
1271Specifies whether
1272.Xr sshd 8
1273should print
1274.Pa /etc/motd
1275when a user logs in interactively.
1276(On some systems it is also printed by the shell,
1277.Pa /etc/profile ,
1278or equivalent.)
1279The default is
1280.Cm yes .
1281.It Cm PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes
1282Specifies the key types that will be accepted for public key authentication
1283as a comma-separated pattern list.
1284Alternately if the specified value begins with a
1285.Sq +
1286character, then the specified key types will be appended to the default set
1287instead of replacing them.
1288The default for this option is:
1289.Bd -literal -offset 3n
1290ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
1291ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
1292ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
1293ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
1294ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
1295ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
1296ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa
1297.Ed
1298.Pp
1299The list of available key types may also be obtained using
1300.Qq ssh -Q key .
1301.It Cm PubkeyAuthentication
1302Specifies whether public key authentication is allowed.
1303The default is
1304.Cm yes .
1305.It Cm RekeyLimit
1306Specifies the maximum amount of data that may be transmitted before the
1307session key is renegotiated, optionally followed a maximum amount of
1308time that may pass before the session key is renegotiated.
1309The first argument is specified in bytes and may have a suffix of
1310.Sq K ,
1311.Sq M ,
1312or
1313.Sq G
1314to indicate Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively.
1315The default is between
1316.Sq 1G
1317and
1318.Sq 4G ,
1319depending on the cipher.
1320The optional second value is specified in seconds and may use any of the
1321units documented in the
1322.Sx TIME FORMATS
1323section.
1324The default value for
1325.Cm RekeyLimit
1326is
1327.Cm default none ,
1328which means that rekeying is performed after the cipher's default amount
1329of data has been sent or received and no time based rekeying is done.
1330.It Cm RevokedKeys
1331Specifies revoked public keys file, or
1332.Cm none
1333to not use one.
1334Keys listed in this file will be refused for public key authentication.
1335Note that if this file is not readable, then public key authentication will
1336be refused for all users.
1337Keys may be specified as a text file, listing one public key per line, or as
1338an OpenSSH Key Revocation List (KRL) as generated by
1339.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
1340For more information on KRLs, see the KEY REVOCATION LISTS section in
1341.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
1342.It Cm StreamLocalBindMask
1343Sets the octal file creation mode mask
1344.Pq umask
1345used when creating a Unix-domain socket file for local or remote
1346port forwarding.
1347This option is only used for port forwarding to a Unix-domain socket file.
1348.Pp
1349The default value is 0177, which creates a Unix-domain socket file that is
1350readable and writable only by the owner.
1351Note that not all operating systems honor the file mode on Unix-domain
1352socket files.
1353.It Cm StreamLocalBindUnlink
1354Specifies whether to remove an existing Unix-domain socket file for local
1355or remote port forwarding before creating a new one.
1356If the socket file already exists and
1357.Cm StreamLocalBindUnlink
1358is not enabled,
1359.Nm sshd
1360will be unable to forward the port to the Unix-domain socket file.
1361This option is only used for port forwarding to a Unix-domain socket file.
1362.Pp
1363The argument must be
1364.Cm yes
1365or
1366.Cm no .
1367The default is
1368.Cm no .
1369.It Cm StrictModes
1370Specifies whether
1371.Xr sshd 8
1372should check file modes and ownership of the
1373user's files and home directory before accepting login.
1374This is normally desirable because novices sometimes accidentally leave their
1375directory or files world-writable.
1376The default is
1377.Cm yes .
1378Note that this does not apply to
1379.Cm ChrootDirectory ,
1380whose permissions and ownership are checked unconditionally.
1381.It Cm Subsystem
1382Configures an external subsystem (e.g. file transfer daemon).
1383Arguments should be a subsystem name and a command (with optional arguments)
1384to execute upon subsystem request.
1385.Pp
1386The command
1387.Cm sftp-server
1388implements the SFTP file transfer subsystem.
1389.Pp
1390Alternately the name
1391.Cm internal-sftp
1392implements an in-process SFTP server.
1393This may simplify configurations using
1394.Cm ChrootDirectory
1395to force a different filesystem root on clients.
1396.Pp
1397By default no subsystems are defined.
1398.It Cm SyslogFacility
1399Gives the facility code that is used when logging messages from
1400.Xr sshd 8 .
1401The possible values are: DAEMON, USER, AUTH, LOCAL0, LOCAL1, LOCAL2,
1402LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7.
1403The default is AUTH.
1404.It Cm TCPKeepAlive
1405Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive messages to the
1406other side.
1407If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one
1408of the machines will be properly noticed.
1409However, this means that
1410connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people
1411find it annoying.
1412On the other hand, if TCP keepalives are not sent,
1413sessions may hang indefinitely on the server, leaving
1414.Qq ghost
1415users and consuming server resources.
1416.Pp
1417The default is
1418.Cm yes
1419(to send TCP keepalive messages), and the server will notice
1420if the network goes down or the client host crashes.
1421This avoids infinitely hanging sessions.
1422.Pp
1423To disable TCP keepalive messages, the value should be set to
1424.Cm no .
1425.It Cm TrustedUserCAKeys
1426Specifies a file containing public keys of certificate authorities that are
1427trusted to sign user certificates for authentication, or
1428.Cm none
1429to not use one.
1430Keys are listed one per line; empty lines and comments starting with
1431.Ql #
1432are allowed.
1433If a certificate is presented for authentication and has its signing CA key
1434listed in this file, then it may be used for authentication for any user
1435listed in the certificate's principals list.
1436Note that certificates that lack a list of principals will not be permitted
1437for authentication using
1438.Cm TrustedUserCAKeys .
1439For more details on certificates, see the CERTIFICATES section in
1440.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
1441.It Cm UseDNS
1442Specifies whether
1443.Xr sshd 8
1444should look up the remote host name, and to check that
1445the resolved host name for the remote IP address maps back to the
1446very same IP address.
1447.Pp
1448If this option is set to
1449.Cm no
1450(the default) then only addresses and not host names may be used in
1451.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
1452.Cm from
1453and
1454.Nm
1455.Cm Match
1456.Cm Host
1457directives.
1458.It Cm UsePrivilegeSeparation
1459Specifies whether
1460.Xr sshd 8
1461separates privileges by creating an unprivileged child process
1462to deal with incoming network traffic.
1463After successful authentication, another process will be created that has
1464the privilege of the authenticated user.
1465The goal of privilege separation is to prevent privilege
1466escalation by containing any corruption within the unprivileged processes.
1467The argument must be
1468.Cm yes ,
1469.Cm no ,
1470or
1471.Cm sandbox .
1472If
1473.Cm UsePrivilegeSeparation
1474is set to
1475.Cm sandbox
1476then the pre-authentication unprivileged process is subject to additional
1477restrictions.
1478The default is
1479.Cm sandbox .
1480.It Cm VersionAddendum
1481Optionally specifies additional text to append to the SSH protocol banner
1482sent by the server upon connection.
1483The default is
1484.Cm none .
1485.It Cm X11DisplayOffset
1486Specifies the first display number available for
1487.Xr sshd 8 Ns 's
1488X11 forwarding.
1489This prevents sshd from interfering with real X11 servers.
1490The default is 10.
1491.It Cm X11Forwarding
1492Specifies whether X11 forwarding is permitted.
1493The argument must be
1494.Cm yes
1495or
1496.Cm no .
1497The default is
1498.Cm no .
1499.Pp
1500When X11 forwarding is enabled, there may be additional exposure to
1501the server and to client displays if the
1502.Xr sshd 8
1503proxy display is configured to listen on the wildcard address (see
1504.Cm X11UseLocalhost ) ,
1505though this is not the default.
1506Additionally, the authentication spoofing and authentication data
1507verification and substitution occur on the client side.
1508The security risk of using X11 forwarding is that the client's X11
1509display server may be exposed to attack when the SSH client requests
1510forwarding (see the warnings for
1511.Cm ForwardX11
1512in
1513.Xr ssh_config 5 ) .
1514A system administrator may have a stance in which they want to
1515protect clients that may expose themselves to attack by unwittingly
1516requesting X11 forwarding, which can warrant a
1517.Cm no
1518setting.
1519.Pp
1520Note that disabling X11 forwarding does not prevent users from
1521forwarding X11 traffic, as users can always install their own forwarders.
1522.It Cm X11UseLocalhost
1523Specifies whether
1524.Xr sshd 8
1525should bind the X11 forwarding server to the loopback address or to
1526the wildcard address.
1527By default,
1528sshd binds the forwarding server to the loopback address and sets the
1529hostname part of the
1530.Ev DISPLAY
1531environment variable to
1532.Cm localhost .
1533This prevents remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display.
1534However, some older X11 clients may not function with this
1535configuration.
1536.Cm X11UseLocalhost
1537may be set to
1538.Cm no
1539to specify that the forwarding server should be bound to the wildcard
1540address.
1541The argument must be
1542.Cm yes
1543or
1544.Cm no .
1545The default is
1546.Cm yes .
1547.It Cm XAuthLocation
1548Specifies the full pathname of the
1549.Xr xauth 1
1550program, or
1551.Cm none
1552to not use one.
1553The default is
1554.Pa /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth .
1555.It Cm UseLPK
1556Specifies whether LDAP public key retrieval must be used or not. It allow
1557an easy centralisation of public keys within an LDAP directory. The argument must be
1558.Dq yes
1559or
1560.Dq no .
1561.It Cm LpkLdapConf
1562Specifies whether LDAP Public keys should parse the specified ldap.conf file
1563instead of sshd_config Tokens. The argument must be a valid path to an ldap.conf
1564file like
1565.Pa /etc/ldap.conf
1566.It Cm LpkServers
1567Specifies LDAP one or more [:space:] separated server's url the following form may be used:
1568.Pp
1569LpkServers ldaps://127.0.0.1 ldap://127.0.0.2 ldap://127.0.0.3
1570.It Cm LpkUserDN
1571Specifies the LDAP user DN.
1572.Pp
1573LpkUserDN ou=users,dc=phear,dc=org
1574.It Cm LpkGroupDN
1575Specifies the LDAP groups DN.
1576.Pp
1577LpkGroupDN ou=groups,dc=phear,dc=org
1578.It Cm LpkBindDN
1579Specifies the LDAP bind DN to use if necessary.
1580.Pp
1581LpkBindDN cn=Manager,dc=phear,dc=org
1582.It Cm LpkBindPw
1583Specifies the LDAP bind credential.
1584.Pp
1585LpkBindPw secret
1586.It Cm LpkServerGroup
1587Specifies one or more [:space:] separated group the server is part of.
1588.Pp
1589LpkServerGroup unix mail prod
1590.It Cm LpkFilter
1591Specifies an additional LDAP filter to use for finding SSH keys
1592.Pp
1593LpkFilter (hostAccess=master.phear.org)
1594.It Cm LpkForceTLS
1595Specifies if the LDAP server connection must be tried, forced or not used. The argument must be
1596.Dq yes
1597or
1598.Dq no
1599or
1600.Dq try .
1601.It Cm LpkSearchTimelimit
1602Specifies the search time limit before the search is considered over. value is
1603in seconds.
1604.Pp
1605LpkSearchTimelimit 3
1606.It Cm LpkBindTimelimit
1607Specifies the bind time limit before the connection is considered dead. value is
1608in seconds.
1609.Pp
1610LpkBindTimelimit 3
1611.El
1612.Sh TIME FORMATS
1613.Xr sshd 8
1614command-line arguments and configuration file options that specify time
1615may be expressed using a sequence of the form:
1616.Sm off
1617.Ar time Op Ar qualifier ,
1618.Sm on
1619where
1620.Ar time
1621is a positive integer value and
1622.Ar qualifier
1623is one of the following:
1624.Pp
1625.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent
1626.It Aq Cm none
1627seconds
1628.It Cm s | Cm S
1629seconds
1630.It Cm m | Cm M
1631minutes
1632.It Cm h | Cm H
1633hours
1634.It Cm d | Cm D
1635days
1636.It Cm w | Cm W
1637weeks
1638.El
1639.Pp
1640Each member of the sequence is added together to calculate
1641the total time value.
1642.Pp
1643Time format examples:
1644.Pp
1645.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent
1646.It 600
1647600 seconds (10 minutes)
1648.It 10m
164910 minutes
1650.It 1h30m
16511 hour 30 minutes (90 minutes)
1652.El
1653.Sh TOKENS
1654Arguments to some keywords can make use of tokens,
1655which are expanded at runtime:
1656.Pp
1657.Bl -tag -width XXXX -offset indent -compact
1658.It %%
1659A literal
1660.Sq % .
1661.It %F
1662The fingerprint of the CA key.
1663.It %f
1664The fingerprint of the key or certificate.
1665.It %h
1666The home directory of the user.
1667.It %i
1668The key ID in the certificate.
1669.It %K
1670The base64-encoded CA key.
1671.It %k
1672The base64-encoded key or certificate for authentication.
1673.It %s
1674The serial number of the certificate.
1675.It \&%T
1676The type of the CA key.
1677.It %t
1678The key or certificate type.
1679.It %u
1680The username.
1681.El
1682.Pp
1683.Cm AuthorizedKeysCommand
1684accepts the tokens %%, %f, %h, %t, and %u.
1685.Pp
1686.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
1687accepts the tokens %%, %h, and %u.
1688.Pp
1689.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand
1690accepts the tokens %%, %F, %f, %K, %k, %h, %i, %s, %T, %t, and %u.
1691.Pp
1692.Cm AuthorizedPrincipalsFile
1693accepts the tokens %%, %h, and %u.
1694.Pp
1695.Cm ChrootDirectory
1696accepts the tokens %%, %h, and %u.
1697.Sh FILES
1698.Bl -tag -width Ds
1699.It Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config
1700Contains configuration data for
1701.Xr sshd 8 .
1702This file should be writable by root only, but it is recommended
1703(though not necessary) that it be world-readable.
1704.El
1705.Sh SEE ALSO
1706.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
1707.Xr sshd 8
1708.Sh AUTHORS
1709.An -nosplit
1710OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
1711ssh 1.2.12 release by
1712.An Tatu Ylonen .
1713.An Aaron Campbell , Bob Beck , Markus Friedl , Niels Provos ,
1714.An Theo de Raadt
1715and
1716.An Dug Song
1717removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
1718created OpenSSH.
1719.An Markus Friedl
1720contributed the support for SSH protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
1721.An Niels Provos
1722and
1723.An Markus Friedl
1724contributed support for privilege separation.
1725