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-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.356 2015/03/03 06:48:58 djm Exp $
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+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.361 2015/07/20 18:44:12 millert Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 20 2015 $
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Op Fl F Ar configfile
.Op Fl I Ar pkcs11
.Op Fl i Ar identity_file
-.Op Fl L Oo Ar bind_address : Oc Ns Ar port : Ns Ar host : Ns Ar hostport
+.Op Fl L Ar address
.Op Fl l Ar login_name
.Op Fl m Ar mac_spec
.Op Fl O Ar ctl_cmd
.Op Fl o Ar option
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl Q Cm cipher | cipher-auth | mac | kex | key | protocol-version
-.Op Fl R Oo Ar bind_address : Oc Ns Ar port : Ns Ar host : Ns Ar hostport
+.Op Fl R Ar address
.Op Fl S Ar ctl_path
.Op Fl W Ar host : Ns Ar port
.Op Fl w Ar local_tun Ns Op : Ns Ar remote_tun
it is executed on the remote host instead of a login shell.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Fl 1
Forces
.Nm
to try protocol version 1 only.
+.Pp
.It Fl 2
Forces
.Nm
to try protocol version 2 only.
+.Pp
.It Fl 4
Forces
.Nm
to use IPv4 addresses only.
+.Pp
.It Fl 6
Forces
.Nm
to use IPv6 addresses only.
+.Pp
.It Fl A
Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.
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.
+.Pp
.It Fl a
Disables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
+.Pp
.It Fl b Ar bind_address
Use
.Ar bind_address
on the local machine as the source address
of the connection.
Only useful on systems with more than one address.
+.Pp
.It Fl C
Requests compression of all data (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and
data for forwarded X11, TCP and
configuration files; see the
.Cm Compression
option.
+.Pp
.It Fl c Ar cipher_spec
Selects the cipher specification for encrypting the session.
.Pp
keyword in
.Xr ssh_config 5
for more information.
+.Pp
.It Fl D Xo
.Sm off
.Oo Ar bind_address : Oc
empty address or
.Sq *
indicates that the port should be available from all interfaces.
+.Pp
.It Fl E Ar log_file
Append debug logs to
.Ar log_file
instead of standard error.
+.Pp
.It Fl e Ar escape_char
Sets the escape character for sessions with a pty (default:
.Ql ~ ) .
Setting the character to
.Dq none
disables any escapes and makes the session fully transparent.
+.Pp
.It Fl F Ar configfile
Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file.
If a configuration file is given on the command line,
will be ignored.
The default for the per-user configuration file is
.Pa ~/.ssh/config .
+.Pp
.It Fl f
Requests
.Nm
.Fl f
will wait for all remote port forwards to be successfully established
before placing itself in the background.
+.Pp
.It Fl G
Causes
.Nm
and
.Cm Match
blocks and exit.
+.Pp
.It Fl g
Allows remote hosts to connect to local forwarded ports.
If used on a multiplexed connection, then this option must be specified
on the master process.
+.Pp
.It Fl I Ar pkcs11
Specify the PKCS#11 shared library
.Nm
should use to communicate with a PKCS#11 token providing the user's
private RSA key.
+.Pp
.It Fl i Ar identity_file
Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for
public key authentication is read.
by appending
.Pa -cert.pub
to identity filenames.
+.Pp
.It Fl K
Enables GSSAPI-based authentication and forwarding (delegation) of GSSAPI
credentials to the server.
+.Pp
.It Fl k
Disables forwarding (delegation) of GSSAPI credentials to the server.
+.Pp
.It Fl L Xo
.Sm off
.Oo Ar bind_address : Oc
.Ar port : host : hostport
.Sm on
.Xc
-Specifies that the given port on the local (client) host is to be
-forwarded to the given host and port on the remote side.
-This works by allocating a socket to listen to
+.It Fl L Xo
+.Sm off
+.Oo Ar bind_address : Oc
+.Ar port : remote_socket
+.Sm on
+.Xc
+.It Fl L Xo
+.Sm off
+.Ar local_socket : host : hostport
+.Sm on
+.Xc
+.It Fl L Xo
+.Sm off
+.Ar local_socket : remote_socket
+.Sm on
+.Xc
+Specifies that connections to the given TCP port or Unix socket on the local
+(client) host are to be forwarded to the given host and port, or Unix socket,
+on the remote side.
+This works by allocating a socket to listen to either a TCP
.Ar port
on the local side, optionally bound to the specified
-.Ar bind_address .
-Whenever a connection is made to this port, the
+.Ar bind_address ,
+or to a Unix socket.
+Whenever a connection is made to the local port or socket, the
connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is
-made to
+made to either
.Ar host
port
-.Ar hostport
+.Ar hostport ,
+or the Unix socket
+.Ar remote_socket ,
from the remote machine.
+.Pp
Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file.
-IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing the address in square brackets.
Only the superuser can forward privileged ports.
+IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing the address in square brackets.
+.Pp
By default, the local port is bound in accordance with the
.Cm GatewayPorts
setting.
empty address or
.Sq *
indicates that the port should be available from all interfaces.
+.Pp
.It Fl l Ar login_name
Specifies the user to log in as on the remote machine.
This also may be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file.
+.Pp
.It Fl M
Places the
.Nm
in
.Xr ssh_config 5
for details.
+.Pp
.It Fl m Ar mac_spec
Additionally, for protocol version 2 a comma-separated list of MAC
(message authentication code) algorithms can
See the
.Cm MACs
keyword for more information.
+.Pp
.It Fl N
Do not execute a remote command.
This is useful for just forwarding ports
(protocol version 2 only).
+.Pp
.It Fl n
Redirects stdin from
.Pa /dev/null
needs to ask for a password or passphrase; see also the
.Fl f
option.)
+.Pp
.It Fl O Ar ctl_cmd
Control an active connection multiplexing master process.
When the
(request the master to exit), and
.Dq stop
(request the master to stop accepting further multiplexing requests).
+.Pp
.It Fl o Ar option
Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
.It Protocol
.It ProxyCommand
.It ProxyUseFdpass
+.It PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes
.It PubkeyAuthentication
.It RekeyLimit
.It RemoteForward
.It VisualHostKey
.It XAuthLocation
.El
+.Pp
.It Fl p Ar port
Port to connect to on the remote host.
This can be specified on a
per-host basis in the configuration file.
+.Pp
.It Fl Q Cm cipher | cipher-auth | mac | kex | key | protocol-version
Queries
.Nm
(key types) and
.Ar protocol-version
(supported SSH protocol versions).
+.Pp
.It Fl q
Quiet mode.
Causes most warning and diagnostic messages to be suppressed.
+.Pp
.It Fl R Xo
.Sm off
.Oo Ar bind_address : Oc
.Ar port : host : hostport
.Sm on
.Xc
-Specifies that the given port on the remote (server) host is to be
-forwarded to the given host and port on the local side.
-This works by allocating a socket to listen to
+.It Fl R Xo
+.Sm off
+.Oo Ar bind_address : Oc
+.Ar port : local_socket
+.Sm on
+.Xc
+.It Fl R Xo
+.Sm off
+.Ar remote_socket : host : hostport
+.Sm on
+.Xc
+.It Fl R Xo
+.Sm off
+.Ar remote_socket : local_socket
+.Sm on
+.Xc
+Specifies that connections to the given TCP port or Unix socket on the remote
+(server) host are to be forwarded to the given host and port, or Unix socket,
+on the local side.
+This works by allocating a socket to listen to either a TCP
.Ar port
-on the remote side, and whenever a connection is made to this port, the
-connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is
-made to
+or to a Unix socket on the remote side.
+Whenever a connection is made to this port or Unix socket, the
+connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection
+is made to either
.Ar host
port
-.Ar hostport
+.Ar hostport ,
+or
+.Ar local_socket ,
from the local machine.
.Pp
Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file.
logging in as root on the remote machine.
IPv6 addresses can be specified by enclosing the address in square brackets.
.Pp
-By default, the listening socket on the server will be bound to the loopback
+By default, TCP listening sockets on the server will be bound to the loopback
interface only.
This may be overridden by specifying a
.Ar bind_address .
When used together with
.Ic -O forward
the allocated port will be printed to the standard output.
+.Pp
.It Fl S Ar ctl_path
Specifies the location of a control socket for connection sharing,
or the string
in
.Xr ssh_config 5
for details.
+.Pp
.It Fl s
May be used to request invocation of a subsystem on the remote system.
Subsystems are a feature of the SSH2 protocol which facilitate the use
of SSH as a secure transport for other applications (eg.\&
.Xr sftp 1 ) .
The subsystem is specified as the remote command.
+.Pp
.It Fl T
-Disable pseudo-tty allocation.
+Disable pseudo-terminal allocation.
+.Pp
.It Fl t
-Force pseudo-tty allocation.
+Force pseudo-terminal allocation.
This can be used to execute arbitrary
screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be very useful,
e.g. when implementing menu services.
options force tty allocation, even if
.Nm
has no local tty.
+.Pp
.It Fl V
Display the version number and exit.
+.Pp
.It Fl v
Verbose mode.
Causes
.Fl v
options increase the verbosity.
The maximum is 3.
+.Pp
.It Fl W Ar host : Ns Ar port
Requests that standard input and output on the client be forwarded to
.Ar host
and
.Cm ClearAllForwardings .
Works with Protocol version 2 only.
+.Pp
.It Fl w Xo
.Ar local_tun Ns Op : Ns Ar remote_tun
.Xc
.Cm Tunnel
directive is unset, it is set to the default tunnel mode, which is
.Dq point-to-point .
+.Pp
.It Fl X
Enables X11 forwarding.
This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.
directive in
.Xr ssh_config 5
for more information.
+.Pp
.It Fl x
Disables X11 forwarding.
+.Pp
.It Fl Y
Enables trusted X11 forwarding.
Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension
controls.
+.Pp
.It Fl y
Send log information using the
.Xr syslog 3
host key is not known or has changed.
.Pp
When the user's identity has been accepted by the server, the server
-either executes the given command, or logs into the machine and gives
-the user a normal shell on the remote machine.
+either executes the given command in a non-interactive session or,
+if no command has been specified, logs into the machine and gives
+the user a normal shell as an interactive session.
All communication with
the remote command or shell will be automatically encrypted.
.Pp
-If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the
+If an interactive session is requested
+.Nm
+by default will only request a pseudo-terminal (pty) for interactive
+sessions when the client has one.
+The flags
+.Fl T
+and
+.Fl t
+can be used to override this behaviour.
+.Pp
+If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated the
user may use the escape characters noted below.
.Pp
-If no pseudo-tty has been allocated,
+If no pseudo-terminal has been allocated,
the session is transparent and can be used to reliably transfer binary data.
On most systems, setting the escape character to
.Dq none
.Pp
If the fingerprint is already known, it can be matched
and the key can be accepted or rejected.
+If only legacy (MD5) fingerprints for the server are available, the
+.Xr ssh-keygen 1
+.Fl E
+option may be used to downgrade the fingerprint algorithm to match.
+.Pp
Because of the difficulty of comparing host keys
just by looking at fingerprint strings,
there is also support to compare host keys visually,