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31 .Nd ssh helper program for host-based authentication
38 to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature
39 required during host-based authentication with SSH protocol version 2.
42 is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the
43 global client configuration file
44 .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
51 is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from
57 for more information about host-based authentication.
60 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
64 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key, /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
65 These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to
66 generate the digital signature.
67 They should be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
69 Since they are readable only by root,
71 must be set-uid root if host-based authentication is used.
83 .An Markus Friedl Aq markus@openbsd.org