| SSH_CONFIG(5) | File Formats Manual | SSH_CONFIG(5) |
ssh_config —
For each parameter, the first obtained value will be used. The
configuration files contain sections separated by
Host specifications, and that section is only
applied for hosts that match one of the patterns given in the specification.
The matched host name is usually the one given on the command line (see the
CanonicalizeHostname option for exceptions).
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.
The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line. Lines
starting with ‘#’ and empty lines are
interpreted as comments. Arguments may optionally be enclosed in double
quotes (") in order to represent arguments containing spaces.
Configuration options may be separated by whitespace or optional whitespace
and exactly one ‘=’; the latter format
is useful to avoid the need to quote whitespace when specifying
configuration options using the ssh,
scp, and sftp
-o option.
The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows (note that keywords are case-insensitive and arguments are case-sensitive):
HostHost or Match keyword) to
be only for those hosts that match one of the patterns given after the
keyword. If more than one pattern is provided, they should be separated by
whitespace. A single ‘*’ as a
pattern can be used to provide global defaults for all hosts. The host is
usually the hostname argument given on the command
line (see the CanonicalizeHostname keyword for
exceptions).
A pattern entry may be negated by prefixing it with an
exclamation mark (‘!’). If a negated entry is matched,
then the Host entry is ignored, regardless of
whether any other patterns on the line match. Negated matches are
therefore useful to provide exceptions for wildcard matches.
See PATTERNS for more information on patterns.
MatchHost or Match keyword) to
be used only when the conditions following the
Match keyword are satisfied. Match conditions are
specified using one or more criteria or the single token
all which always matches. The available criteria
keywords are: canonical,
final, exec,
host, originalhost,
user, and localuser. The
all criteria must appear alone or immediately
after canonical or final.
Other criteria may be combined arbitrarily. All criteria but
all, canonical, and
final require an argument. Criteria may be negated
by prepending an exclamation mark (‘!’).
The canonical keyword matches only
when the configuration file is being re-parsed after hostname
canonicalization (see the CanonicalizeHostname
option). This may be useful to specify conditions that work with
canonical host names only.
The final keyword requests that the
configuration be re-parsed (regardless of whether
CanonicalizeHostname is enabled), and matches
only during this final pass. If
CanonicalizeHostname is enabled, then
canonical and final
match during the same pass.
The exec keyword executes the
specified command under the user's shell. If the command returns a zero
exit status then the condition is considered true. Commands containing
whitespace characters must be quoted. Arguments to
exec accept the tokens described in the
TOKENS section.
The other keywords' criteria must be single entries or
comma-separated lists and may use the wildcard and negation operators
described in the PATTERNS section.
The criteria for the host keyword are matched
against the target hostname, after any substitution by the
Hostname or
CanonicalizeHostname options. The
originalhost keyword matches against the
hostname as it was specified on the command-line. The
user keyword matches against the target username
on the remote host. The localuser keyword
matches against the name of the local user running
ssh(1) (this keyword may be
useful in system-wide ssh_config files).
AddKeysToAgentyes and a key is loaded from a
file, the key and its passphrase are added to the agent with the default
lifetime, as if by
ssh-add(1). If this option
is set to ask,
ssh(1) will require
confirmation using the SSH_ASKPASS program before
adding a key (see
ssh-add(1) for details). If
this option is set to confirm, each use of the key
must be confirmed, as if the -c option was
specified to ssh-add(1). If
this option is set to no, no keys are added to the
agent. The argument must be yes,
confirm, ask, or
no (the default).AddressFamilyany (the default), inet
(use IPv4 only), or inet6 (use IPv6 only).BatchModeyes, passphrase/password querying will
be disabled. This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where
no user is present to supply the password. The argument must be
yes or no (the
default).BindAddressBindInterfaceCanonicalDomainsCanonicalizeHostname is enabled, this option
specifies the list of domain suffixes in which to search for the specified
destination host.CanonicalizeFallbackLocalyes, will attempt to look up
the unqualified hostname using the system resolver's search rules. A value
of no will cause
ssh(1) to fail instantly if
CanonicalizeHostname is enabled and the target
hostname cannot be found in any of the domains specified by
CanonicalDomains.CanonicalizeHostnameno, is not to perform any name rewriting
and let the system resolver handle all hostname lookups. If set to
yes then, for connections that do not use a
ProxyCommand or ProxyJump,
ssh(1) will attempt to
canonicalize the hostname specified on the command line using the
CanonicalDomains suffixes and
CanonicalizePermittedCNAMEs rules. If
CanonicalizeHostname is set to
always, then canonicalization is applied to
proxied connections too.
If this option is enabled, then the configuration files are
processed again using the new target name to pick up any new
configuration in matching Host and
Match stanzas.
CanonicalizeMaxDotsCanonicalizePermittedCNAMEsFor example, “*.a.example.com:*.b.example.com,*.c.example.com” will allow hostnames matching “*.a.example.com” to be canonicalized to names in the “*.b.example.com” or “*.c.example.com” domains.
CASignatureAlgorithms
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256.ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
ssh(1) will not accept host certificates signed using algorithms other than those specified.
CertificateFileIdentityFile directive
or -i flag to
ssh(1), via
ssh-agent(1), or via a
PKCS11Provider.
Arguments to CertificateFile may use
the tilde syntax to refer to a user's home directory or the tokens
described in the TOKENS section.
It is possible to have multiple certificate files specified in
configuration files; these certificates will be tried in sequence.
Multiple CertificateFile directives will add to
the list of certificates used for authentication.
ChallengeResponseAuthenticationyes (the default) or
no.CheckHostIPyes (the default),
ssh(1) will additionally check
the host IP address in the known_hosts file. This
allows it to detect if a host key changed due to DNS spoofing and will add
addresses of destination hosts to
~/.ssh/known_hosts in the process, regardless of
the setting of StrictHostKeyChecking. If the
option is set to no, the check will not be
executed.CiphersThe supported ciphers are:
3des-cbc
aes128-cbc
aes192-cbc
aes256-cbc
aes128-ctr
aes192-ctr
aes256-ctr
aes128-gcm@openssh.com
aes256-gcm@openssh.com
chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com
The default is:
chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,
aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,
aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com
The list of available ciphers may also be obtained using “ssh -Q cipher”.
ClearAllForwardingsyes or no (the
default).Compressionyes or no (the
default).ConnectionAttemptsConnectTimeoutControlMasteryes,
ssh(1) will listen for
connections on a control socket specified using the
ControlPath argument. Additional sessions can
connect to this socket using the same ControlPath
with ControlMaster set to
no (the default). These sessions will try to reuse
the master instance's network connection rather than initiating new ones,
but will fall back to connecting normally if the control socket does not
exist, or is not listening.
Setting this to ask will cause
ssh(1) to listen for control
connections, but require confirmation using
ssh-askpass(1). If
the ControlPath cannot be opened,
ssh(1) will continue without
connecting to a master instance.
X11 and ssh-agent(1) forwarding is supported over these multiplexed connections, however the display and agent forwarded will be the one belonging to the master connection i.e. it is not possible to forward multiple displays or agents.
Two additional options allow for opportunistic multiplexing:
try to use a master connection but fall back to creating a new one if
one does not already exist. These options are:
auto and autoask. The
latter requires confirmation like the ask
option.
ControlPathControlMaster section above or
the string none to disable connection sharing.
Arguments to ControlPath may use the tilde syntax
to refer to a user's home directory or the tokens described in the
TOKENS section. It is recommended that
any ControlPath used for opportunistic connection
sharing include at least %h, %p, and %r (or alternatively %C) and be
placed in a directory that is not writable by other users. This ensures
that shared connections are uniquely identified.ControlPersistControlMaster,
specifies that the master connection should remain open in the background
(waiting for future client connections) after the initial client
connection has been closed. If set to no, then the
master connection will not be placed into the background, and will close
as soon as the initial client connection is closed. If set to
yes or 0, then the master connection will remain
in the background indefinitely (until killed or closed via a mechanism
such as the “ssh -O exit”). If set to a time in seconds, or
a time in any of the formats documented in
sshd_config(5), then
the backgrounded master connection will automatically terminate after it
has remained idle (with no client connections) for the specified
time.DynamicForwardThe argument must be
[bind_address:]port. IPv6
addresses can be specified by enclosing addresses in square brackets. By
default, the local port is bound in accordance with the
GatewayPorts setting. However, an explicit
bind_address may be used to bind the connection to
a specific address. The bind_address of
localhost indicates that the listening port be
bound for local use only, while an empty address or ‘*’
indicates that the port should be available from all interfaces.
Currently the SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 protocols are supported, and ssh(1) will act as a SOCKS server. Multiple forwardings may be specified, and additional forwardings can be given on the command line. Only the superuser can forward privileged ports.
EnableSSHKeysignyes in the global client
configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config enables the
use of the helper program
ssh-keysign(8) during
HostbasedAuthentication. The argument must be
yes or no (the default).
This option should be placed in the non-hostspecific section. See
ssh-keysign(8) for more
information.EscapeChar~’). The escape character can also
be set on the command line. The argument should be a single character,
‘^’ followed by a letter, or
none to disable the escape character entirely
(making the connection transparent for binary data).ExitOnForwardFailureExitOnForwardFailure does not apply to connections
made over port forwardings and will not, for example, cause
ssh(1) to exit if TCP
connections to the ultimate forwarding destination fail. The argument must
be yes or no (the
default).FingerprintHashmd5 and
sha256 (the default).ForwardAgentyes or no (the default).
Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the agent's Unix-domain socket) can access the local agent through the forwarded connection. An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent, however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent.
ForwardX11DISPLAY set. The argument
must be yes or no (the
default).
X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the
ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the user's
X11 authorization database) can access the local X11 display through the
forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able to perform activities
such as keystroke monitoring if the
ForwardX11Trusted option is also enabled.
ForwardX11TimeoutForwardX11Timeout to zero will disable the timeout
and permit X11 forwarding for the life of the connection. The default is
to disable untrusted X11 forwarding after twenty minutes has elapsed.ForwardX11Trustedyes, remote X11 clients
will have full access to the original X11 display.
If this option is set to no (the
default), remote X11 clients will be considered untrusted and prevented
from stealing or tampering with data belonging to trusted X11 clients.
Furthermore, the xauth(1)
token used for the session will be set to expire after 20 minutes.
Remote clients will be refused access after this time.
See the X11 SECURITY extension specification for full details on the restrictions imposed on untrusted clients.
GatewayPortsGatewayPorts can be used to specify that ssh
should bind local port forwardings to the wildcard address, thus allowing
remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports. The argument must be
yes or no (the
default).GlobalKnownHostsFileGSSAPIAuthenticationno.GSSAPIDelegateCredentialsno.HashKnownHostsno. Note that existing names and
addresses in known hosts files will not be converted automatically, but
may be manually hashed using
ssh-keygen(1).HostbasedAuthenticationyes or
no (the default).HostbasedKeyTypes
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
The -Q option of
ssh(1) may be used to list
supported key types.
HostKeyAlgorithms
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
If hostkeys are known for the destination host then this default is modified to prefer their algorithms.
The list of available key types may also be obtained using “ssh -Q key”.
HostKeyAliasHostNameHostName accept the tokens described in the
TOKENS section. Numeric IP addresses are
also permitted (both on the command line and in
HostName specifications). The default is the name
given on the command line.IdentitiesOnlyssh_config files or passed on
the ssh(1) command-line, even
if ssh-agent(1) or a
PKCS11Provider offers more identities. The
argument to this keyword must be yes or
no (the default). This option is intended for
situations where ssh-agent offers many different identities.IdentityAgentThis option overrides the
SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable and can be
used to select a specific agent. Setting the socket name to
none disables the use of an authentication
agent. If the string “SSH_AUTH_SOCK” is specified, the
location of the socket will be read from the
SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable. Otherwise if
the specified value begins with a ‘$’ character, then it
will be treated as an environment variable containing the location of
the socket.
Arguments to IdentityAgent may use the
tilde syntax to refer to a user's home directory or the tokens described
in the TOKENS section.
IdentityFileIdentitiesOnly is set. If no certificates
have been explicitly specified by CertificateFile,
ssh(1) will try to load
certificate information from the filename obtained by appending
-cert.pub to the path of a specified
IdentityFile.
Arguments to IdentityFile may use the
tilde syntax to refer to a user's home directory or the tokens described
in the TOKENS section.
It is possible to have multiple identity files specified in
configuration files; all these identities will be tried in sequence.
Multiple IdentityFile directives will add to the
list of identities tried (this behaviour differs from that of other
configuration directives).
IdentityFile may be used in
conjunction with IdentitiesOnly to select which
identities in an agent are offered during authentication.
IdentityFile may also be used in conjunction
with CertificateFile in order to provide any
certificate also needed for authentication with the identity.
IgnoreUnknownssh_config contains options that are
unrecognised by ssh(1). It is
recommended that IgnoreUnknown be listed early in
the configuration file as it will not be applied to unknown options that
appear before it.IncludeInclude directive may appear inside a
Match or Host block to
perform conditional inclusion.IPQoSaf11, af12,
af13, af21,
af22, af23,
af31, af32,
af33, af41,
af42, af43,
cs0, cs1,
cs2, cs3,
cs4, cs5,
cs6, cs7,
ef, lowdelay,
throughput, reliability, a
numeric value, or none to use the operating system
default. This option may take one or two arguments, separated by
whitespace. If one argument is specified, it is used as the packet class
unconditionally. If two values are specified, the first is automatically
selected for interactive sessions and the second for non-interactive
sessions. The default is af21 (Low-Latency Data)
for interactive sessions and cs1 (Lower Effort)
for non-interactive sessions.KbdInteractiveAuthenticationyes (the default) or
no.KbdInteractiveDevicesbsdauth, pam, and
skey.KexAlgorithms
curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,
ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,
diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,
diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,
diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,
diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,
diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
The list of available key exchange algorithms may also be obtained using “ssh -Q kex”.
LocalCommandLocalCommand accept the tokens described in the
TOKENS section.
The command is run synchronously and does not have access to the session of the ssh(1) that spawned it. It should not be used for interactive commands.
This directive is ignored unless
PermitLocalCommand has been enabled.
LocalForwardGatewayPorts setting. However, an explicit
bind_address may be used to bind the connection to a
specific address. The bind_address of
localhost indicates that the listening port be
bound for local use only, while an empty address or ‘*’
indicates that the port should be available from all interfaces.LogLevelMACsThe algorithms that contain “-etm” calculate the MAC after encryption (encrypt-then-mac). These are considered safer and their use recommended.
The default is:
umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,
hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,
hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,
umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,
hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
The list of available MAC algorithms may also be obtained using “ssh -Q mac”.
NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhostyes or
no (the default).NumberOfPasswordPromptsPasswordAuthenticationyes (the default) or
no.PermitLocalCommandLocalCommand
option or using the !command
escape sequence in ssh(1). The
argument must be yes or no
(the default).PKCS11Providernone to
indicate that no provider should be used (the default). The argument to
this keyword is a path to the PKCS#11 shared library
ssh(1) should use to
communicate with a PKCS#11 token providing keys for user
authentication.PortPreferredAuthenticationskeyboard-interactive) over another method (e.g.
password). The default is:
gssapi-with-mic,hostbased,publickey,
keyboard-interactive,password
ProxyCommandexec’ directive to avoid a
lingering shell process.
Arguments to ProxyCommand accept the
tokens described in the TOKENS section.
The command can be basically anything, and should read from its standard
input and write to its standard output. It should eventually connect an
sshd(8) server running on
some machine, or execute sshd -i somewhere. Host
key management will be done using the HostName of the host being
connected (defaulting to the name typed by the user). Setting the
command to none disables this option entirely.
Note that CheckHostIP is not available for
connects with a proxy command.
This directive is useful in conjunction with nc(1) and its proxy support. For example, the following directive would connect via an HTTP proxy at 192.0.2.0:
ProxyCommand /usr/bin/nc -X connect -x 192.0.2.0:8080 %h %p
ProxyJumpProxyJump host and
then establishing a TCP forwarding to the ultimate target from there.
Note that this option will compete with the
ProxyCommand option - whichever is specified
first will prevent later instances of the other from taking effect.
Note also that the configuration for the destination host (either supplied via the command-line or the configuration file) is not generally applied to jump hosts. ~/.ssh/config should be used if specific configuration is required for jump hosts.
ProxyUseFdpassProxyCommand will pass a connected
file descriptor back to ssh(1)
instead of continuing to execute and pass data. The default is
no.PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
The list of available key types may also be obtained using “ssh -Q key”.
PubkeyAuthenticationyes (the default) or
no.RekeyLimitRekeyLimit is
default none, which means that rekeying is
performed after the cipher's default amount of data has been sent or
received and no time based rekeying is done.RemoteCommandRemoteCommand accept the tokens described in the
TOKENS section.RemoteForwardIPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing addresses in square brackets. Multiple forwardings may be specified, and additional forwardings can be given on the command line. Privileged ports can be forwarded only when logging in as root on the remote machine.
If the port argument is 0, the listen port will be dynamically allocated on the server and reported to the client at run time.
If the bind_address is not specified,
the default is to only bind to loopback addresses. If the
bind_address is
‘*’ or an empty string, then the
forwarding is requested to listen on all interfaces. Specifying a remote
bind_address will only succeed if the server's
GatewayPorts option is enabled (see
sshd_config(5)).
RequestTTYno (never request a TTY),
yes (always request a TTY when standard input is a
TTY), force (always request a TTY) or
auto (request a TTY when opening a login session).
This option mirrors the -t and
-T flags for
ssh(1).RevokedHostKeysSendEnvTERM environment variable is always sent whenever
a pseudo-terminal is requested as it is required by the protocol. Refer to
AcceptEnv in
sshd_config(5) for how
to configure the server. Variables are specified by name, which may
contain wildcard characters. Multiple environment variables may be
separated by whitespace or spread across multiple
SendEnv directives.
See PATTERNS for more information on patterns.
It is possible to clear previously set
SendEnv variable names by prefixing patterns
with -. The default is not to send any
environment variables.
ServerAliveCountMaxTCPKeepAlive
(below). The server alive messages are sent through the encrypted channel
and therefore will not be spoofable. The TCP keepalive option enabled by
TCPKeepAlive is spoofable. The server alive
mechanism is valuable when the client or server depend on knowing when a
connection has become inactive.
The default value is 3. If, for example,
ServerAliveInterval (see below) is set to 15 and
ServerAliveCountMax is left at the default, if
the server becomes unresponsive, ssh will disconnect after approximately
45 seconds.
ServerAliveIntervalSetEnvSendEnv, the
server must be prepared to accept the environment variable.StreamLocalBindMaskThe default value is 0177, which creates a Unix-domain socket file that is readable and writable only by the owner. Note that not all operating systems honor the file mode on Unix-domain socket files.
StreamLocalBindUnlinkStreamLocalBindUnlink is not
enabled, ssh will be unable to forward the port to
the Unix-domain socket file. This option is only used for port forwarding
to a Unix-domain socket file.
The argument must be yes or
no (the default).
StrictHostKeyCheckingyes,
ssh(1) will never automatically
add host keys to the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file, and
refuses to connect to hosts whose host key has changed. This provides
maximum protection against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, though it can
be annoying when the /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts file
is poorly maintained or when connections to new hosts are frequently made.
This option forces the user to manually add all new hosts.
If this flag is set to “accept-new” then ssh
will automatically add new host keys to the user known hosts files, but
will not permit connections to hosts with changed host keys. If this
flag is set to “no” or “off”, ssh will
automatically add new host keys to the user known hosts files and allow
connections to hosts with changed hostkeys to proceed, subject to some
restrictions. If this flag is set to ask (the
default), new host keys will be added to the user known host files only
after the user has confirmed that is what they really want to do, and
ssh will refuse to connect to hosts whose host key has changed. The host
keys of known hosts will be verified automatically in all cases.
SyslogFacilityTCPKeepAliveThe default is yes (to send TCP
keepalive messages), and the client will notice if the network goes down
or the remote host dies. This is important in scripts, and many users
want it too.
To disable TCP keepalive messages, the value should be set to
no. See also
ServerAliveInterval for protocol-level
keepalives.
Tunnelyes, point-to-point (layer
3), ethernet (layer 2), or
no (the default). Specifying
yes requests the default tunnel mode, which is
point-to-point.TunnelDeviceThe argument must be
local_tun[:remote_tun]. The
devices may be specified by numerical ID or the keyword
any, which uses the next available tunnel
device. If remote_tun is not specified, it
defaults to any. The default is
any:any.
UpdateHostKeysUserKnownHostsFile. The argument must be
yes, no (the default) or
ask. Enabling this option allows learning
alternate hostkeys for a server and supports graceful key rotation by
allowing a server to send replacement public keys before old ones are
removed. Additional hostkeys are only accepted if the key used to
authenticate the host was already trusted or explicitly accepted by the
user. If UpdateHostKeys is set to
ask, then the user is asked to confirm the
modifications to the known_hosts file. Confirmation is currently
incompatible with ControlPersist, and will be
disabled if it is enabled.
Presently, only sshd(8) from OpenSSH 6.8 and greater support the “hostkeys@openssh.com” protocol extension used to inform the client of all the server's hostkeys.
UserUserKnownHostsFileVerifyHostKeyDNSyes, the client
will implicitly trust keys that match a secure fingerprint from DNS.
Insecure fingerprints will be handled as if this option was set to
ask. If this option is set to
ask, information on fingerprint match will be
displayed, but the user will still need to confirm new host keys according
to the StrictHostKeyChecking option. The default
is no.
See also VERIFYING HOST KEYS in ssh(1).
VisualHostKeyyes, an ASCII art
representation of the remote host key fingerprint is printed in addition
to the fingerprint string at login and for unknown host keys. If this flag
is set to no (the default), no fingerprint strings
are printed at login and only the fingerprint string will be printed for
unknown host keys.XAuthLocationHost *.co.ukThe following pattern would match any host in the 192.168.0.[0-9] network range:
Host 192.168.0.?A pattern-list is a comma-separated list of patterns. Patterns within pattern-lists may be negated by preceding them with an exclamation mark (‘!’). For example, to allow a key to be used from anywhere within an organization except from the “dialup” pool, the following entry (in authorized_keys) could be used:
from="!*.dialup.example.com,*.example.com"Note that a negated match will never produce a positive result by itself. For example, attempting to match “host3” against the following pattern-list will fail:
from="!host1,!host2"The solution here is to include a term that will yield a positive match, such as a wildcard:
from="!host1,!host2,*"Match exec accepts the tokens %%, %h, %i,
%L, %l, %n, %p, %r, and %u.
CertificateFile accepts the tokens %%, %d,
%h, %i, %l, %r, and %u.
ControlPath accepts the tokens %%, %C, %h,
%i, %L, %l, %n, %p, %r, and %u.
HostName accepts the tokens %% and %h.
IdentityAgent and
IdentityFile accept the tokens %%, %d, %h, %i, %l,
%r, and %u.
LocalCommand accepts the tokens %%, %C,
%d, %h, %i, %l, %n, %p, %r, %T, and %u.
ProxyCommand accepts the tokens %%, %h,
%p, and %r.
RemoteCommand accepts the tokens %%, %C,
%d, %h, %i, %l, %n, %p, %r, and %u.
| March 1 2019 | NetBSD 9.2 |