файл конфигурации клиента OpenSSH (OpenSSH client configuration file)
Имя (Name)
ssh_config
— OpenSSH client configuration file
Описание (Description)
ssh(1) obtains configuration data from the following sources in the
following order:
1. command-line options
2. user's configuration file (~/.ssh/config)
3. system-wide configuration file (/etc/ssh/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):
Host
Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host
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.
Match
Restricts the following declarations (up to the next Host
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).
AddKeysToAgent
Specifies whether keys should be automatically added to a
running ssh-agent(1). If this option is set to yes
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.
Alternately, this option may be specified as a time
interval using the format described in the TIME FORMATS
section of sshd_config(5) to specify the key's lifetime in
ssh-agent(1), after which it will automatically be removed.
The argument must be no
(the default), yes
, confirm
(optionally followed by a time interval), ask
or a time
interval.
AddressFamily
Specifies which address family to use when connecting.
Valid arguments are any
(the default), inet
(use IPv4
only), or inet6
(use IPv6 only).
BatchMode
If set to yes
, user interaction such as password prompts
and host key confirmation requests will be disabled. This
option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no
user is present to interact with ssh(1). The argument must
be yes
or no
(the default).
BindAddress
Use the specified address on the local machine as the
source address of the connection. Only useful on systems
with more than one address.
BindInterface
Use the address of the specified interface on the local
machine as the source address of the connection.
CanonicalDomains
When CanonicalizeHostname
is enabled, this option specifies
the list of domain suffixes in which to search for the
specified destination host.
CanonicalizeFallbackLocal
Specifies whether to fail with an error when hostname
canonicalization fails. The default, yes
, 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
.
CanonicalizeHostname
Controls whether explicit hostname canonicalization is
performed. The default, no
, 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. A
value of none
disables the use of a ProxyJump
host.
CanonicalizeMaxDots
Specifies the maximum number of dot characters in a
hostname before canonicalization is disabled. The default,
1, allows a single dot (i.e. hostname.subdomain).
CanonicalizePermittedCNAMEs
Specifies rules to determine whether CNAMEs should be
followed when canonicalizing hostnames. The rules consist
of one or more arguments of
source_domain_list:target_domain_list, where
source_domain_list is a pattern-list of domains that may
follow CNAMEs in canonicalization, and target_domain_list
is a pattern-list of domains that they may resolve to.
For 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
Specifies which algorithms are allowed for signing of
certificates by certificate authorities (CAs). The default
is:
ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,
sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256
If the specified list begins with a '+' character, then the
specified algorithms will be appended to the default set
instead of replacing them. If the specified list begins
with a '-' character, then the specified algorithms
(including wildcards) will be removed from the default set
instead of replacing them.
ssh(1) will not accept host certificates signed using
algorithms other than those specified.
CertificateFile
Specifies a file from which the user's certificate is read.
A corresponding private key must be provided separately in
order to use this certificate either from an IdentityFile
directive or -i
flag to ssh(1), via ssh-agent(1), or via a
PKCS11Provider
or SecurityKeyProvider
.
Arguments to CertificateFile
may use the tilde syntax to
refer to a user's home directory, the tokens described in
the TOKENS section and environment variables as described
in the ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 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.
CheckHostIP
If set to yes
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
default), the check will not be executed.
Ciphers
Specifies the ciphers allowed and their order of
preference. Multiple ciphers must be comma-separated. If
the specified list begins with a '+' character, then the
specified ciphers will be appended to the default set
instead of replacing them. If the specified list begins
with a '-' character, then the specified ciphers (including
wildcards) will be removed from the default set instead of
replacing them. If the specified list begins with a '^'
character, then the specified ciphers will be placed at the
head of the default set.
The 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".
ClearAllForwardings
Specifies that all local, remote, and dynamic port
forwardings specified in the configuration files or on the
command line be cleared. This option is primarily useful
when used from the ssh(1) command line to clear port
forwardings set in configuration files, and is
automatically set by scp(1) and sftp(1). The argument must
be yes
or no
(the default).
Compression
Specifies whether to use compression. The argument must be
yes
or no
(the default).
ConnectionAttempts
Specifies the number of tries (one per second) to make
before exiting. The argument must be an integer. This may
be useful in scripts if the connection sometimes fails.
The default is 1.
ConnectTimeout
Specifies the timeout (in seconds) used when connecting to
the SSH server, instead of using the default system TCP
timeout. This timeout is applied both to establishing the
connection and to performing the initial SSH protocol
handshake and key exchange.
ControlMaster
Enables the sharing of multiple sessions over a single
network connection. When set to yes
, 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.
ControlPath
Specify the path to the control socket used for connection
sharing as described in the ControlMaster
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, the tokens described in the TOKENS
section and environment variables as described in the
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 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.
ControlPersist
When used in conjunction with ControlMaster
, 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
(the
default), 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.
DynamicForward
Specifies that a TCP port on the local machine be forwarded
over the secure channel, and the application protocol is
then used to determine where to connect to from the remote
machine.
The 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.
EnableSSHKeysign
Setting this option to yes
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
Sets the escape character (default: '~'). 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).
ExitOnForwardFailure
Specifies whether ssh(1) should terminate the connection if
it cannot set up all requested dynamic, tunnel, local, and
remote port forwardings, (e.g. if either end is unable to
bind and listen on a specified port). Note that
ExitOnForwardFailure
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).
FingerprintHash
Specifies the hash algorithm used when displaying key
fingerprints. Valid options are: md5
and sha256
(the
default).
ForkAfterAuthentication
Requests ssh
to go to background just before command
execution. This is useful if ssh
is going to ask for
passwords or passphrases, but the user wants it in the
background. This implies the StdinNull
configuration
option being set to 'yes'. The recommended way to start
X11 programs at a remote site is with something like ssh -f
host xterm
, which is the same as ssh host xterm
if the
ForkAfterAuthentication
configuration option is set to
'yes'.
If the ExitOnForwardFailure
configuration option is set to
'yes', then a client started with the
ForkAfterAuthentication
configuration option being set to
'yes' will wait for all remote port forwards to be
successfully established before placing itself in the
background. The argument to this keyword must be yes
(same
as the -f
option) or no
(the default).
ForwardAgent
Specifies whether the connection to the authentication
agent (if any) will be forwarded to the remote machine.
The argument may be yes
, no
(the default), an explicit path
to an agent socket or the name of an environment variable
(beginning with '$') in which to find the path.
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.
ForwardX11
Specifies whether X11 connections will be automatically
redirected over the secure channel and DISPLAY 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.
ForwardX11Timeout
Specify a timeout for untrusted X11 forwarding using the
format described in the TIME FORMATS section of
sshd_config(5). X11 connections received by ssh(1) after
this time will be refused. Setting ForwardX11Timeout
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.
ForwardX11Trusted
If this option is set to yes
, 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.
GatewayPorts
Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to
local forwarded ports. By default, ssh(1) binds local port
forwardings to the loopback address. This prevents other
remote hosts from connecting to forwarded ports.
GatewayPorts
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).
GlobalKnownHostsFile
Specifies one or more files to use for the global host key
database, separated by whitespace. The default is
/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts, /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2.
GSSAPIAuthentication
Specifies whether user authentication based on GSSAPI is
allowed. The default is no
.
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
Forward (delegate) credentials to the server. The default
is no
.
HashKnownHosts
Indicates that ssh(1) should hash host names and addresses
when they are added to ~/.ssh/known_hosts. These hashed
names may be used normally by ssh(1) and sshd(8), but they
do not visually reveal identifying information if the
file's contents are disclosed. The default is no
. Note
that existing names and addresses in known hosts files will
not be converted automatically, but may be manually hashed
using ssh-keygen(1).
HostbasedAcceptedAlgorithms
Specifies the signature algorithms that will be used for
hostbased authentication as a comma-separated list of
patterns. Alternately if the specified list begins with a
'+' character, then the specified signature algorithms will
be appended to the default set instead of replacing them.
If the specified list begins with a '-' character, then the
specified signature algorithms (including wildcards) will
be removed from the default set instead of replacing them.
If the specified list begins with a '^' character, then the
specified signature algorithms will be placed at the head
of the default set. The default for this option is:
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-ed25519,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,
sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
The -Q
option of ssh(1) may be used to list supported
signature algorithms. This was formerly named
HostbasedKeyTypes.
HostbasedAuthentication
Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with
public key authentication. The argument must be yes
or no
(the default).
HostKeyAlgorithms
Specifies the host key signature algorithms that the client
wants to use in order of preference. Alternately if the
specified list begins with a '+' character, then the
specified signature algorithms will be appended to the
default set instead of replacing them. If the specified
list begins with a '-' character, then the specified
signature algorithms (including wildcards) will be removed
from the default set instead of replacing them. If the
specified list begins with a '^' character, then the
specified signature algorithms will be placed at the head
of the default set. The default for this option is:
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-ed25519,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,
sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,
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 signature algorithms may also be
obtained using "ssh -Q HostKeyAlgorithms".
HostKeyAlias
Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the real
host name when looking up or saving the host key in the
host key database files and when validating host
certificates. This option is useful for tunneling SSH
connections or for multiple servers running on a single
host.
Hostname
Specifies the real host name to log into. This can be used
to specify nicknames or abbreviations for hosts. Arguments
to Hostname
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.
IdentitiesOnly
Specifies that ssh(1) should only use the configured
authentication identity and certificate files (either the
default files, or those explicitly configured in the
ssh_config
files or passed on the ssh(1) command-line),
even if ssh-agent(1) or a PKCS11Provider
or
SecurityKeyProvider
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.
IdentityAgent
Specifies the UNIX-domain socket used to communicate with
the authentication agent.
This 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, the tokens described in
the TOKENS section and environment variables as described
in the ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES section.
IdentityFile
Specifies a file from which the user's DSA, ECDSA,
authenticator-hosted ECDSA, Ed25519, authenticator-hosted
Ed25519 or RSA authentication identity is read. The
default is ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa,
~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk
and ~/.ssh/id_rsa. Additionally, any identities
represented by the authentication agent will be used for
authentication unless IdentitiesOnly
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.
IgnoreUnknown
Specifies a pattern-list of unknown options to be ignored
if they are encountered in configuration parsing. This may
be used to suppress errors if ssh_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.
Include
Include the specified configuration file(s). Multiple
pathnames may be specified and each pathname may contain
glob(7) wildcards and, for user configurations, shell-like
'~' references to user home directories. Wildcards will be
expanded and processed in lexical order. Files without
absolute paths are assumed to be in ~/.ssh if included in a
user configuration file or /etc/ssh if included from the
system configuration file. Include
directive may appear
inside a Match
or Host
block to perform conditional
inclusion.
IPQoS
Specifies the IPv4 type-of-service or DSCP class for
connections. Accepted values are af11
, af12
, af13
, af21
,
af22
, af23
, af31
, af32
, af33
, af41
, af42
, af43
, cs0
, cs1
,
cs2
, cs3
, cs4
, cs5
, cs6
, cs7
, ef
, le
, 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.
KbdInteractiveAuthentication
Specifies whether to use keyboard-interactive
authentication. The argument to this keyword must be yes
(the default) or no
. ChallengeResponseAuthentication
is a
deprecated alias for this.
KbdInteractiveDevices
Specifies the list of methods to use in keyboard-
interactive authentication. Multiple method names must be
comma-separated. The default is to use the server
specified list. The methods available vary depending on
what the server supports. For an OpenSSH server, it may be
zero or more of: bsdauth
and pam
.
KexAlgorithms
Specifies the available KEX (Key Exchange) algorithms.
Multiple algorithms must be comma-separated. If the
specified list begins with a '+' character, then the
specified methods will be appended to the default set
instead of replacing them. If the specified list begins
with a '-' character, then the specified methods (including
wildcards) will be removed from the default set instead of
replacing them. If the specified list begins with a '^'
character, then the specified methods will be placed at the
head of the default set. The default is:
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
The list of available key exchange algorithms may also be
obtained using "ssh -Q kex".
KnownHostsCommand
Specifies a command to use to obtain a list of host keys,
in addition to those listed in UserKnownHostsFile
and
GlobalKnownHostsFile
. This command is executed after the
files have been read. It may write host key lines to
standard output in identical format to the usual files
(described in the VERIFYING HOST KEYS section in ssh(1)).
Arguments to KnownHostsCommand
accept the tokens described
in the TOKENS section. The command may be invoked multiple
times per connection: once when preparing the preference
list of host key algorithms to use, again to obtain the
host key for the requested host name and, if CheckHostIP
is
enabled, one more time to obtain the host key matching the
server's address. If the command exits abnormally or
returns a non-zero exit status then the connection is
terminated.
LocalCommand
Specifies a command to execute on the local machine after
successfully connecting to the server. The command string
extends to the end of the line, and is executed with the
user's shell. Arguments to LocalCommand
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.
LocalForward
Specifies that a TCP port on the local machine be forwarded
over the secure channel to the specified host and port from
the remote machine. The first argument specifies the
listener and may be [bind_address:]port or a Unix domain
socket path. The second argument is the destination and
may be host:hostport or a Unix domain socket path if the
remote host supports it.
IPv6 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. Only the superuser can forward privileged ports. 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. Unix domain socket paths may use the tokens
described in the TOKENS section and environment variables
as described in the ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES section.
LogLevel
Gives the verbosity level that is used when logging
messages from ssh(1). The possible values are: QUIET,
FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2, and
DEBUG3. The default is INFO. DEBUG and DEBUG1 are
equivalent. DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels
of verbose output.
LogVerbose
Specify one or more overrides to LogLevel. An override
consists of a pattern lists that matches the source file,
function and line number to force detailed logging for.
For example, an override pattern of:
kex.c:*:1000,*:kex_exchange_identification():*,packet.c:*
would enable detailed logging for line 1000 of kex.c,
everything in the kex_exchange_identification
() function,
and all code in the packet.c file. This option is intended
for debugging and no overrides are enabled by default.
MACs
Specifies the MAC (message authentication code) algorithms
in order of preference. The MAC algorithm is used for data
integrity protection. Multiple algorithms must be comma-
separated. If the specified list begins with a '+'
character, then the specified algorithms will be appended
to the default set instead of replacing them. If the
specified list begins with a '-' character, then the
specified algorithms (including wildcards) will be removed
from the default set instead of replacing them. If the
specified list begins with a '^' character, then the
specified algorithms will be placed at the head of the
default set.
The 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".
NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
Disable host authentication for localhost (loopback
addresses). The argument to this keyword must be yes
or no
(the default).
NumberOfPasswordPrompts
Specifies the number of password prompts before giving up.
The argument to this keyword must be an integer. The
default is 3.
PasswordAuthentication
Specifies whether to use password authentication. The
argument to this keyword must be yes
(the default) or no
.
PermitLocalCommand
Allow local command execution via the LocalCommand
option
or using the !
command escape sequence in ssh(1). The
argument must be yes
or no
(the default).
PermitRemoteOpen
Specifies the destinations to which remote TCP port
forwarding is permitted when RemoteForward
is used as a
SOCKS proxy. The forwarding specification must be one of
the following forms:
PermitRemoteOpen
host:port
PermitRemoteOpen
IPv4_addr:port
PermitRemoteOpen
[IPv6_addr]:port
Multiple forwards may be specified by separating them with
whitespace. An argument of any
can be used to remove all
restrictions and permit any forwarding requests. An
argument of none
can be used to prohibit all forwarding
requests. The wildcard '*' can be used for host or port to
allow all hosts or ports respectively. Otherwise, no
pattern matching or address lookups are performed on
supplied names.
PKCS11Provider
Specifies which PKCS#11 provider to use or none
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.
Port
Specifies the port number to connect on the remote host.
The default is 22.
PreferredAuthentications
Specifies the order in which the client should try
authentication methods. This allows a client to prefer one
method (e.g. keyboard-interactive
) over another method
(e.g. password
). The default is:
gssapi-with-mic,hostbased,publickey,
keyboard-interactive,password
ProxyCommand
Specifies the command to use to connect to the server. The
command string extends to the end of the line, and is
executed using the user's shell 'exec' 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
ProxyJump
Specifies one or more jump proxies as either
[user@]host[:port] or an ssh URI. Multiple proxies may be
separated by comma characters and will be visited
sequentially. Setting this option will cause ssh(1) to
connect to the target host by first making a ssh(1)
connection to the specified ProxyJump
host and then
establishing a TCP forwarding to the ultimate target from
there. Setting the host to none
disables this option
entirely.
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.
ProxyUseFdpass
Specifies that ProxyCommand
will pass a connected file
descriptor back to ssh(1) instead of continuing to execute
and pass data. The default is no
.
PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms
Specifies the signature algorithms that will be used for
public key authentication as a comma-separated list of
patterns. If the specified list begins with a '+'
character, then the algorithms after it will be appended to
the default instead of replacing it. If the specified list
begins with a '-' character, then the specified algorithms
(including wildcards) will be removed from the default set
instead of replacing them. If the specified list begins
with a '^' character, then the specified algorithms will be
placed at the head of the default set. The default for
this option is:
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,
sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,
ssh-ed25519,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,
sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
The list of available signature algorithms may also be
obtained using "ssh -Q PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms".
PubkeyAuthentication
Specifies whether to try public key authentication. The
argument to this keyword must be yes
(the default) or no
.
RekeyLimit
Specifies the maximum amount of data that may be
transmitted before the session key is renegotiated,
optionally followed by a maximum amount of time that may
pass before the session key is renegotiated. The first
argument is specified in bytes and may have a suffix of
'K', 'M', or 'G' to indicate Kilobytes, Megabytes, or
Gigabytes, respectively. The default is between '1G' and
'4G', depending on the cipher. The optional second value
is specified in seconds and may use any of the units
documented in the TIME FORMATS section of sshd_config(5).
The default value for RekeyLimit
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.
RemoteCommand
Specifies a command to execute on the remote machine after
successfully connecting to the server. The command string
extends to the end of the line, and is executed with the
user's shell. Arguments to RemoteCommand
accept the tokens
described in the TOKENS section.
RemoteForward
Specifies that a TCP port on the remote machine be
forwarded over the secure channel. The remote port may
either be forwarded to a specified host and port from the
local machine, or may act as a SOCKS 4/5 proxy that allows
a remote client to connect to arbitrary destinations from
the local machine. The first argument is the listening
specification and may be [bind_address:]port or, if the
remote host supports it, a Unix domain socket path. If
forwarding to a specific destination then the second
argument must be host:hostport or a Unix domain socket
path, otherwise if no destination argument is specified
then the remote forwarding will be established as a SOCKS
proxy. When acting as a SOCKS proxy the destination of the
connection can be restricted by PermitRemoteOpen
.
IPv6 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. Unix domain socket paths
may use the tokens described in the TOKENS section and
environment variables as described in the ENVIRONMENT
VARIABLES section.
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)).
RequestTTY
Specifies whether to request a pseudo-tty for the session.
The argument may be one of: no
(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).
RevokedHostKeys
Specifies revoked host public keys. Keys listed in this
file will be refused for host authentication. Note that if
this file does not exist or is not readable, then host
authentication will be refused for all hosts. Keys may be
specified as a text file, listing one public key per line,
or as an OpenSSH Key Revocation List (KRL) as generated by
ssh-keygen(1). For more information on KRLs, see the KEY
REVOCATION LISTS section in ssh-keygen(1).
SecurityKeyProvider
Specifies a path to a library that will be used when
loading any FIDO authenticator-hosted keys, overriding the
default of using the built-in USB HID support.
If the specified value begins with a '$' character, then it
will be treated as an environment variable containing the
path to the library.
SendEnv
Specifies what variables from the local environ(7) should
be sent to the server. The server must also support it,
and the server must be configured to accept these
environment variables. Note that the TERM 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.
ServerAliveCountMax
Sets the number of server alive messages (see below) which
may be sent without ssh(1) receiving any messages back from
the server. If this threshold is reached while server
alive messages are being sent, ssh will disconnect from the
server, terminating the session. It is important to note
that the use of server alive messages is very different
from TCPKeepAlive
(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 unresponsive.
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.
ServerAliveInterval
Sets a timeout interval in seconds after which if no data
has been received from the server, ssh(1) will send a
message through the encrypted channel to request a response
from the server. The default is 0, indicating that these
messages will not be sent to the server.
SessionType
May be used to either request invocation of a subsystem on
the remote system, or to prevent the execution of a remote
command at all. The latter is useful for just forwarding
ports. The argument to this keyword must be none
(same as
the -N
option), subsystem
(same as the -s
option) or
default
(shell or command execution).
SetEnv
Directly specify one or more environment variables and
their contents to be sent to the server. Similarly to
SendEnv
, with the exception of the TERM variable, the
server must be prepared to accept the environment variable.
StdinNull
Redirects stdin from /dev/null (actually, prevents reading
from stdin). Either this or the equivalent -n
option must
be used when ssh
is run in the background. The argument to
this keyword must be yes
(same as the -n
option) or no
(the
default).
StreamLocalBindMask
Sets the octal file creation mode mask (umask) used when
creating a Unix-domain socket file for local or remote port
forwarding. This option is only used for port forwarding
to a Unix-domain socket file.
The 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.
StreamLocalBindUnlink
Specifies whether to remove an existing Unix-domain socket
file for local or remote port forwarding before creating a
new one. If the socket file already exists and
StreamLocalBindUnlink
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).
StrictHostKeyChecking
If this flag is set to yes
, 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's known_hosts
file, 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.
SyslogFacility
Gives the facility code that is used when logging messages
from ssh(1). The possible values are: DAEMON, USER, AUTH,
LOCAL0, LOCAL1, LOCAL2, LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6,
LOCAL7. The default is USER.
TCPKeepAlive
Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive
messages to the other side. If they are sent, death of the
connection or crash of one of the machines will be properly
noticed. However, this means that connections will die if
the route is down temporarily, and some people find it
annoying.
The 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.
Tunnel
Request tun(4) device forwarding between the client and the
server. The argument must be yes
, point-to-point
(layer
3), ethernet
(layer 2), or no
(the default). Specifying
yes
requests the default tunnel mode, which is
point-to-point
.
TunnelDevice
Specifies the tun(4) devices to open on the client
(local_tun) and the server (remote_tun).
The 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
.
UpdateHostKeys
Specifies whether ssh(1) should accept notifications of
additional hostkeys from the server sent after
authentication has completed and add them to
UserKnownHostsFile
. The argument must be yes
, no
or ask
.
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, the host was authenticated via
UserKnownHostsFile
(i.e. not GlobalKnownHostsFile
) and the
host was authenticated using a plain key and not a
certificate.
UpdateHostKeys
is enabled by default if the user has not
overridden the default UserKnownHostsFile
setting and has
not enabled VerifyHostKeyDNS
, otherwise UpdateHostKeys
will
be set to no
.
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.
User
Specifies the user to log in as. This can be useful when a
different user name is used on different machines. This
saves the trouble of having to remember to give the user
name on the command line.
UserKnownHostsFile
Specifies one or more files to use for the user host key
database, separated by whitespace. Each filename may use
tilde notation to refer to the user's home directory, the
tokens described in the TOKENS section and environment
variables as described in the ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
section. The default is ~/.ssh/known_hosts,
~/.ssh/known_hosts2.
VerifyHostKeyDNS
Specifies whether to verify the remote key using DNS and
SSHFP resource records. If this option is set to yes
, 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).
VisualHostKey
If this flag is set to yes
, 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.
XAuthLocation
Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program. The
default is /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth.