SYNOPSIS
     ssh-keysign

DESCRIPTION
     ssh-keysign  is used by ssh(1) to access the local host keys
and generate
     the digital signature required during hostbased  authentica-
tion with SSH
     protocol  version  2.  ssh-keysign is not intended to be in-
voked by the
     user, but from ssh(1).  See ssh(1) and sshd(8) for more  in-
formation about
     hostbased authentication.

FILES
     /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_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, ssh-keysign must be  set-
uid root if
             hostbased authentication is used.

SEE ALSO
     ssh(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8)

AUTHORS
     Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>

HISTORY
     ssh-keysign first appeared in OpenBSD 3.2.

BSD                                     May        24,       2002
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