ssh-keysign(8) — Linux manual page

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SSH-KEYSIGN(8)           System Manager's Manual          SSH-KEYSIGN(8)

NAME         top

       ssh-keysign — OpenSSH helper for host-based authentication

SYNOPSIS         top


DESCRIPTION         top

       is used by ssh(1) to access the local host keys and generate the
       digital signature required during host-based authentication.

       is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the global
       client configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config by setting
       EnableSSHKeysign to “yes”.

       is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from ssh(1).  See
       ssh(1) and sshd(8) for more information about host-based
       authentication.

FILES         top

       /etc/ssh/ssh_config
               Controls whether is enabled.

       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
               These files contain the private parts of the host keys
               used to generate the digital signature.  They should be
               owned by root, readable only by root, and not accessible
               to others.  Since they are readable only by root, must be
               set-uid root if host-based authentication is used.

       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key-cert.pub
       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key-cert.pub
       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key-cert.pub
       /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key-cert.pub
               If these files exist, they are assumed to contain public
               certificate information corresponding with the private
               keys above.

SEE ALSO         top

       ssh(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh_config(5), sshd(8)

HISTORY         top

       first appeared in OpenBSD 3.2.

AUTHORS         top

       Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>

COLOPHON         top

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GNU                          March 31, 2022               SSH-KEYSIGN(8)