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25 .Dd $Mdocdate: June 17 2024 $
30 .Nd OpenSSH helper for host-based authentication
37 to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature
38 required during host-based authentication.
41 is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the
42 global client configuration file
43 .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
50 is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from
56 for more information about host-based authentication.
58 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
59 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
64 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
65 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
66 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
67 These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to
68 generate the digital signature.
69 They should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
71 Since they are readable only by root,
73 must be set-uid root if host-based authentication is used.
75 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key-cert.pub
76 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key-cert.pub
77 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key-cert.pub
78 If these files exist, they are assumed to contain public certificate
79 information corresponding with the private keys above.
91 .An Markus Friedl Aq Mt markus@openbsd.org