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author | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2002-01-22 23:33:45 +1100 |
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committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2002-01-22 23:33:45 +1100 |
commit | df64a682f17fc12ca0ae80e6331cbb89b77bd35b (patch) | |
tree | 7b0fb2c4cb44d743f0f9ced09f34318683ecf18f /sshd.8 | |
parent | 4a8ed543612c99700788d87fe18081d5df4b37c6 (diff) |
- stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org 2002/01/18 20:46:34
[sshd.8]
clarify Allow(Groups|Users) and Deny(Groups|Users); suggestion from
allard@oceanpark.com; ok markus@
Diffstat (limited to 'sshd.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sshd.8 | 22 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.162 2002/01/18 17:14:16 stevesk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.163 2002/01/18 20:46:34 stevesk Exp $ .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSHD 8 .Os @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ Specifies whether an AFS token may be forwarded to the server. Default is .Dq yes . .It Cm AllowGroups -This keyword can be followed by a list of group names, separated +This keyword can be followed by a list of group name patterns, separated by spaces. If specified, login is allowed only for users whose primary group or supplementary group list matches one of the patterns. @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ and can be used as wildcards in the patterns. Only group names are valid; a numerical group ID is not recognized. -By default login is allowed regardless of the group list. +By default, login is allowed for all groups. .Pp .It Cm AllowTcpForwarding Specifies whether TCP forwarding is permitted. @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ users are also denied shell access, as they can always install their own forwarders. .Pp .It Cm AllowUsers -This keyword can be followed by a list of user names, separated +This keyword can be followed by a list of user name patterns, separated by spaces. If specified, login is allowed only for users names that match one of the patterns. @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ and can be used as wildcards in the patterns. Only user names are valid; a numerical user ID is not recognized. -By default login is allowed regardless of the user name. +By default, login is allowed for all users. If the pattern takes the form USER@HOST then USER and HOST are separately checked, restricting logins to particular users from particular hosts. @@ -435,20 +435,20 @@ The default value is 3. If is left at the default, unresponsive ssh clients will be disconnected after approximately 45 seconds. .It Cm DenyGroups -This keyword can be followed by a number of group names, separated +This keyword can be followed by a list of group name patterns, separated by spaces. -Users whose primary group or supplementary group list matches -one of the patterns aren't allowed to log in. +Login is disallowed for users whose primary group or supplementary +group list matches one of the patterns. .Ql \&* and .Ql ? can be used as wildcards in the patterns. Only group names are valid; a numerical group ID is not recognized. -By default login is allowed regardless of the group list. +By default, login is allowed for all groups. .Pp .It Cm DenyUsers -This keyword can be followed by a number of user names, separated +This keyword can be followed by a list of user name patterns, separated by spaces. Login is disallowed for user names that match one of the patterns. .Ql \&* @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ and .Ql ? can be used as wildcards in the patterns. Only user names are valid; a numerical user ID is not recognized. -By default login is allowed regardless of the user name. +By default, login is allowed for all users. .It Cm GatewayPorts Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to ports forwarded for the client. |