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@@ -22,54 +22,72 @@
</legalnotice>
<title>ssh</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <docno></docno>
<date>2007-10-06</date>
+ <rev></rev>
</header>
<module>ssh</module>
- <modulesummary>Main API of the SSH application</modulesummary>
+ <modulesummary>Main API of the ssh application</modulesummary>
<description>
- <p>Interface module for the SSH application. </p>
+ <p>Interface module for the <c>ssh</c> application.</p>
</description>
<section>
<title>SSH</title>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item>SSH requires the crypto and public_key applications.</item>
- <item>Supported SSH version is 2.0 </item>
- <item>Supported MAC algorithms: hmac-sha2-256 and hmac-sha1</item>
- <item>Supported encryption algorithms: aes128-ctr, aes128-cb and 3des-cbc</item>
- <item>Supports unicode filenames if the emulator and the underlaying OS supports it. See the DESCRIPTION section in <seealso marker="kernel:file">file</seealso> for information about this subject</item>
- <item>Supports unicode in shell and cli</item>
+ <item>For application dependencies see <seealso marker="SSH_app"> ssh(6)</seealso> </item>
+ <item>Supported SSH version is 2.0.</item>
+ <item>Supported MAC algorithms: hmac-sha2-256 and hmac-sha1.</item>
+ <item>Supported encryption algorithms: aes128-ctr, aes128-cb and 3des-cbc.</item>
+ <item>Supported key exchange algorithms: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1.</item>
+ <item>Supports unicode filenames if the emulator and the underlaying OS support it.
+ See section DESCRIPTION in the
+ <seealso marker="kernel:file">file</seealso> manual page in <c>kernel</c>
+ for information about this subject.</item>
+ <item>Supports unicode in shell and CLI.</item>
</list>
</section>
<section>
- <title>DATA TYPES </title>
+ <title>DATA TYPES</title>
<p>Type definitions that are used more than once in
- this module and/or abstractions to indicate the intended use of the data
- type:</p>
- <p><c>boolean() = true | false </c></p>
- <p><c>string() = [byte()]</c></p>
- <p><c>ssh_daemon_ref() - opaque to the user
- returned by ssh:daemon/[1,2,3]</c></p>
- <p><c>ssh_connection_ref() - opaque to the user
- returned by ssh:connect/3</c></p>
- <p><c>ip_address() - inet::ip_address()</c></p>
- <p><c>subsystem_spec() = {subsystem_name(),
- {channel_callback(), channel_init_args()}} </c></p>
- <p><c>subsystem_name() = string() </c></p>
- <p><c>channel_callback() = atom() - Name of the erlang module
- implementing the subsystem using the ssh_channel behavior see</c>
- <seealso marker="ssh_channel">ssh_channel(3)</seealso></p>
- <p><c>channel_init_args() = list()</c></p>
- </section>
+ this module, or abstractions to indicate the intended use of the data
+ type, or both:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>boolean()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>= <c>true | false</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>string()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>= <c>[byte()]</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>ssh_daemon_ref()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>Opaque to the user,
+ returned by <c>ssh:daemon/[1,2,3]</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>ssh_connection_ref()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>Opaque to the user,
+ returned by <c>ssh:connect/3</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>ip_address()</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>inet::ip_address</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>subsystem_spec()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>= <c>{subsystem_name(),
+ {channel_callback(), channel_init_args()}}</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>subsystem_name()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>= <c>string()</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>channel_callback()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>= <c>atom()</c> - Name of the Erlang module
+ implementing the subsystem using the <c>ssh_channel</c> behavior, see
+ <seealso marker="ssh_channel">ssh_channel(3)</seealso></p></item>
+ <tag><c>channel_init_args()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>= <c>list()</c></p></item>
+ </taglist>
+</section>
<funcs>
<func>
<name>close(ConnectionRef) -> ok </name>
- <fsummary>Closes an SSH connection</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Closes an SSH connection.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>ConnectionRef = ssh_connection_ref()</v>
</type>
@@ -81,104 +99,111 @@
<name>connect(Host, Port, Options) -> </name>
<name>connect(Host, Port, Options, Timeout) -> {ok,
ssh_connection_ref()} | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Connect to an ssh server.</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Connects to an SSH server.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Host = string()</v>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
- <d>The default is <c><![CDATA[22]]></c>, the assigned well known port
+ <d><c><![CDATA[22]]></c> is default, the assigned well-known port
number for SSH.</d>
<v>Options = [{Option, Value}]</v>
- <v>Timeout = infinity | integer(milliseconds)</v>
- <d>Negotiation timeout, for connection timeout use the option <c>{connect_timeout, timeout()}</c>.</d>
+ <v>Timeout = infinity | integer()</v>
+ <d>Negotiation time-out in milli-seconds. The default value is <c>infinity</c>.
+ For connection time-out, use option <c>{connect_timeout, timeout()}</c>.</d>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Connects to an SSH server. No channel is started. This is done
by calling
- <seealso marker="ssh_connection#session_channel/2">ssh_connection:session_channel/[2, 4]</seealso>.</p>
- <p>Options are:</p>
+ <seealso marker="ssh_connection#session_channel/2">
+ ssh_connection:session_channel/[2, 4]</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Options:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{inet, inet | inet6}]]></c></tag>
- <item> IP version to use.</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>IP version to use.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{user_dir, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Sets the user directory i.e. the directory containing
- ssh configuration files for the user such as
+ <p>Sets the user directory, that is, the directory containing
+ <c>ssh</c> configuration files for the user, such as
<c><![CDATA[known_hosts]]></c>, <c><![CDATA[id_rsa,
- id_dsa]]></c> and
+ id_dsa]]></c>, and
<c><![CDATA[authorized_key]]></c>. Defaults to the
directory normally referred to as
- <c><![CDATA[~/.ssh]]></c> </p>
+ <c><![CDATA[~/.ssh]]></c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{dsa_pass_phrase, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If the user dsa key is protected by a passphrase it can be
+ <p>If the user DSA key is protected by a passphrase, it can be
supplied with this option.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{rsa_pass_phrase, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If the user rsa key is protected by a passphrase it can be
+ <p>If the user RSA key is protected by a passphrase, it can be
supplied with this option.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{silently_accept_hosts, boolean()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>When true hosts are added to the
+ <p>When <c>true</c>, hosts are added to the
file <c><![CDATA[known_hosts]]></c> without asking the user.
- Defaults to false.
+ Defaults to <c>false</c>.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{user_interaction, boolean()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If false disables the client to connect to the server
- if any user interaction is needed such as accepting that
- the server will be added to the <c>known_hosts</c> file or
- supplying a password. Defaults to true.
+ <p>If <c>false</c>, disables the client to connect to the server
+ if any user interaction is needed, such as accepting
+ the server to be added to the <c>known_hosts</c> file, or
+ supplying a password. Defaults to <c>true</c>.
Even if user interaction is allowed it can be
- suppressed by other options such as silently_accept_hosts and
- password. Do note that it may not always be desirable to use
- those options from a security point of view.</p>
+ suppressed by other options, such as <c>silently_accept_hosts</c>
+ and <c>password</c>. However, those optins are not always desirable
+ to use from a security point of view.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{public_key_alg, 'ssh-rsa' | 'ssh-dss'}]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Sets the preferred public key algorithm to use for user
- authentication. If the the preferred algorithm fails for
- some reason, the other algorithm is tried. The default is
+ authentication. If the preferred algorithm fails,
+ the other algorithm is tried. The default is
to try <c><![CDATA['ssh-rsa']]></c> first.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{pref_public_key_algs, list()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>List of public key algorithms to try to use, 'ssh-rsa' and 'ssh-dss' available.
- Will override <c><![CDATA[{public_key_alg, 'ssh-rsa' | 'ssh-dss'}]]></c></p>
+ <p>List of public key algorithms to try to use.
+ <c>'ssh-rsa'</c> and <c>'ssh-dss'</c> are available.
+ Overrides <c><![CDATA[{public_key_alg, 'ssh-rsa' | 'ssh-dss'}]]></c></p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{connect_timeout, timeout()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Sets a timeout on the transport layer
- connection. Defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p>
+ <p>Sets a time-out on the transport layer
+ connection. For <c>gen_tcp</c> the time is in milli-seconds and the default value is
+ <c>infinity</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{user, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provides a user name. If this option is not given, ssh
+ <p>Provides a username. If this option is not given, <c>ssh</c>
reads from the environment (<c><![CDATA[LOGNAME]]></c> or
- <c><![CDATA[USER]]></c> on unix,
+ <c><![CDATA[USER]]></c> on UNIX,
<c><![CDATA[USERNAME]]></c> on Windows).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{password, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide a password for password authentication. If
- this option is not given, the user will be asked for a
- password if the password authentication method is
+ <p>Provides a password for password authentication.
+ If this option is not given, the user is asked for a
+ password, if the password authentication method is
attempted.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{key_cb, atom()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Module implementing the behaviour <seealso marker="ssh_client_key_api">ssh_client_key_api</seealso>.
+ <p>Module implementing the behaviour
+ <seealso marker="ssh_client_key_api">ssh_client_key_api</seealso>.
Can be used to customize the handling of public keys.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{quiet_mode, atom() = boolean()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If true, the client will not print out anything on authorization.</p>
+ <p>If <c>true</c>, the client does not print anything on authorization.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{id_string, random | string()}]]></c></tag>
@@ -191,34 +216,34 @@
<tag><c><![CDATA[{fd, file_descriptor()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Allow an existing file descriptor to be used
- (simply passed on to the transport protocol).</p></item>
+ <p>Allows an existing file descriptor to be used
+ (by passing it on to the transport protocol).</p></item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{rekey_limit, integer()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide, in bytes, when rekeying should be initiated,
- defaults to one time each GB and one time per hour.</p>
+ <p>Provides, in bytes, when rekeying is to be initiated.
+ Defaults to once per each GB and once per hour.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{idle_time, integer()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Sets a timeout on connection when no channels are active, default is infinity</p></item>
+ <p>Sets a time-out on a connection when no channels are active.
+ Defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p></item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>connection_info(ConnectionRef, [Option]) ->[{Option,
- Value}] </name>
- <fsummary> Retrieves information about a connection. </fsummary>
+ Value}]</name>
+ <fsummary>Retrieves information about a connection.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Option = client_version | server_version | user | peer | sockname </v>
<v>Value = [option_value()] </v>
- <v>option_value() = {{Major::integer(), Minor::integer()}, VersionString::string()} | User::string() |
- Peer::{inet:hostname(), {inet::ip_adress(), inet::port_number()}} |
- Sockname::{inet::ip_adress(), inet::port_number()} () </v>
+ <v>option_value() = {{Major::integer(), Minor::integer()}, VersionString::string()} |
+ User::string() | Peer::{inet:hostname(), {inet::ip_adress(), inet::port_number()}} |
+ Sockname::{inet::ip_adress(), inet::port_number()}</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p> Retrieves information about a connection.
- </p>
+ <p>Retrieves information about a connection.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -239,111 +264,127 @@
<desc>
<p>Starts a server listening for SSH connections on the given
port.</p>
- <p>Options are:</p>
+ <p>Options:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{inet, inet | inet6}]]></c></tag>
- <item> IP version to use when the host address is specified as <c>any</c>. </item>
+ <item><p>IP version to use when the host address is specified as <c>any</c>.</p></item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{subsystems, [subsystem_spec()]}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- Provides specifications for handling of subsystems. The
- "sftp" subsystem spec can be retrieved by calling
- ssh_sftpd:subsystem_spec/1. If the subsystems option is
- not present the value of
- <c>[ssh_sftpd:subsystem_spec([])]</c> will be used. It is
- of course possible to set the option to the empty list if
- you do not want the daemon to run any subsystems at all.
+ <p>Provides specifications for handling of subsystems. The
+ "sftp" subsystem specification is retrieved by calling
+ <c>ssh_sftpd:subsystem_spec/1</c>. If the subsystems option is
+ not present, the value of
+ <c>[ssh_sftpd:subsystem_spec([])]</c> is used.
+ The option can be set to the empty list if
+ you do not want the daemon to run any subsystems.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{shell, {Module, Function, Args} |
fun(string() = User) - > pid() | fun(string() = User,
ip_address() = PeerAddr) -> pid()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- Defines the read-eval-print loop used when a shell is
- requested by the client. Default is to use the erlang shell:
- <c><![CDATA[{shell, start, []}]]></c>
+ <p>Defines the read-eval-print loop used when a shell is
+ requested by the client. The default is to use the Erlang shell:
+ <c><![CDATA[{shell, start, []}]]></c></p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{ssh_cli, {channel_callback(),
channel_init_args()} | no_cli}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- Provides your own CLI implementation, i.e. a channel callback
- module that implements a shell and command execution. Note
- that you may customize the shell read-eval-print loop using the
- option <c>shell</c> which is much less work than implementing
- your own CLI channel. If set to <c>no_cli</c> you will disable
- CLI channels and only subsystem channels will be allowed.
+ <p>Provides your own CLI implementation, that is, a channel callback
+ module that implements a shell and command execution. The shell
+ read-eval-print loop can be customized, using the
+ option <c>shell</c>. This means less work than implementing
+ an own CLI channel. If set to <c>no_cli</c>, the CLI channels
+ are disabled and only subsystem channels are allowed.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{user_dir, String}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Sets the user directory i.e. the directory containing
- ssh configuration files for the user such as
+ <p>Sets the user directory. That is, the directory containing
+ <c>ssh</c> configuration files for the user, such as
<c><![CDATA[known_hosts]]></c>, <c><![CDATA[id_rsa,
- id_dsa]]></c> and
+ id_dsa]]></c>, and
<c><![CDATA[authorized_key]]></c>. Defaults to the
directory normally referred to as
- <c><![CDATA[~/.ssh]]></c> </p>
+ <c><![CDATA[~/.ssh]]></c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{system_dir, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Sets the system directory, containing the host key files
- that identifies the host keys for ssh. The default is
- <c><![CDATA[/etc/ssh]]></c>, note that for security reasons
- this directory is normally only accessible by the root user.</p>
+ that identify the host keys for <c>ssh</c>. Defaults to
+ <c><![CDATA[/etc/ssh]]></c>. For security reasons,
+ this directory is normally accessible only to the root user.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{auth_methods, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Comma separated string that determines which
- authentication methodes that the server should support and
- in what order they will be tried. Defaults to
+ <p>Comma-separated string that determines which
+ authentication methods that the server is to support and
+ in what order they are tried. Defaults to
<c><![CDATA["publickey,keyboard-interactive,password"]]></c></p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{user_passwords, [{string() = User,
string() = Password}]}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide passwords for password authentication.They will
- be used when someone tries to connect to the server and
- public key user authentication fails. The option provides
- a list of valid user names and the corresponding password.
+ <p>Provides passwords for password authentication. The passwords
+ are used when someone tries to connect to the server and
+ public key user-authentication fails. The option provides
+ a list of valid usernames and the corresponding passwords.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{password, string()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide a global password that will authenticate any
+ <p>Provides a global password that authenticates any
user. From a security perspective this option makes
the server very vulnerable.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{pwdfun, fun(User::string(), password::string()) -> boolean()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide a function for password validation. This is called
- with user and password as strings, and should return
+ <p>Provides a function for password validation. This function is called
+ with user and password as strings, and returns
<c><![CDATA[true]]></c> if the password is valid and
<c><![CDATA[false]]></c> otherwise.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{negotiation_timeout, integer()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Max time in milliseconds for the authentication negotiation. The default value is 2 minutes. If the client fails to login within this time, the connection is closed.
+ <p>Maximum time in milliseconds for the authentication negotiation.
+ Defaults to 120000 (2 minutes). If the client fails to log in within this time,
+ the connection is closed.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{max_sessions, pos_integer()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The maximum number of simultaneous sessions that are accepted at any time for this daemon. This includes sessions that are being authorized. So if set to <c>N</c>, and <c>N</c> clients have connected but not started the login process, the <c>N+1</c> connection attempt will be aborted. If <c>N</c> connections are authenticated and still logged in, no more loggins will be accepted until one of the existing ones log out.
+ <p>The maximum number of simultaneous sessions that are accepted at any time
+ for this daemon. This includes sessions that are being authorized.
+ Thus, if set to <c>N</c>, and <c>N</c> clients have connected but not started
+ the login process, connection attempt <c>N+1</c> is aborted.
+ If <c>N</c> connections are authenticated and still logged in, no more logins
+ are accepted until one of the existing ones log out.
</p>
- <p>The counter is per listening port, so if two daemons are started, one with <c>{max_sessions,N}</c> and the other with <c>{max_sessions,M}</c> there will be in total <c>N+M</c> connections accepted for the whole ssh application.
+ <p>The counter is per listening port. Thus, if two daemons are started, one with
+ <c>{max_sessions,N}</c> and the other with <c>{max_sessions,M}</c>, in total
+ <c>N+M</c> connections are accepted for the whole <c>ssh</c> application.
</p>
- <p>Note that if <c>parallel_login</c> is <c>false</c>, only one client at a time may be in the authentication phase.
+ <p>Notice that if <c>parallel_login</c> is <c>false</c>, only one client
+ at a time can be in the authentication phase.
</p>
- <p>As default, the option is not set. This means that the number is not limited.
+ <p>By default, this option is not set. This means that the number is not limited.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{parallel_login, boolean()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If set to false (the default value), only one login is handled a time. If set to true, an unlimited number of login attempts will be allowed simultanously.
+ <p>If set to false (the default value), only one login is handled at a time.
+ If set to true, an unlimited number of login attempts are allowed simultaneously.
</p>
- <p>If the <c>max_sessions</c> option is set to <c>N</c> and <c>parallel_login</c> is set to <c>true</c>, the max number of simultaneous login attempts at any time is limited to <c>N-K</c> where <c>K</c> is the number of authenticated connections present at this daemon.
+ <p>If the <c>max_sessions</c> option is set to <c>N</c> and <c>parallel_login</c>
+ is set to <c>true</c>, the maximum number of simultaneous login attempts at any time is
+ limited to <c>N-K</c>, where <c>K</c> is the number of authenticated connections present
+ at this daemon.
</p>
<warning>
- <p>Do not enable <c>parallel_logins</c> without protecting the server by other means, for example the <c>max_sessions</c> option or a firewall configuration. If set to <c>true</c>, there is no protection against DOS attacks.</p>
+ <p>Do not enable <c>parallel_logins</c> without protecting the server by other means,
+ for example, by the <c>max_sessions</c> option or a firewall configuration. If set to
+ <c>true</c>, there is no protection against DOS attacks.</p>
</warning>
</item>
@@ -363,25 +404,28 @@
<tag><c><![CDATA[{key_cb, atom()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Module implementing the behaviour <seealso marker="ssh_server_key_api">ssh_server_key_api</seealso>.
+ <p>Module implementing the behaviour
+ <seealso marker="ssh_server_key_api">ssh_server_key_api</seealso>.
Can be used to customize the handling of public keys.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{fd, file_descriptor()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Allow an existing file-descriptor to be used
- (simply passed on to the transport protocol).</p></item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[{failfun, fun(User::string(), PeerAddress::ip_address(), Reason::term()) -> _}]]></c></tag>
+ <p>Allows an existing file-descriptor to be used
+ (passed on to the transport protocol).</p></item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[{failfun, fun(User::string(),
+ PeerAddress::ip_address(), Reason::term()) -> _}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide a fun to implement your own logging when a user fails to authenticate.</p>
+ <p>Provides a fun to implement your own logging when a user fails to authenticate.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[{connectfun, fun(User::string(), PeerAddress::ip_address(), Method::string()) ->_}]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[{connectfun, fun(User::string(), PeerAddress::ip_address(),
+ Method::string()) ->_}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide a fun to implement your own logging when a user authenticates to the server.</p>
+ <p>Provides a fun to implement your own logging when a user authenticates to the server.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[{disconnectfun, fun(Reason:term()) -> _}]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Provide a fun to implement your own logging when a user disconnects from the server.</p>
+ <p>Provides a fun to implement your own logging when a user disconnects from the server.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</desc>
@@ -392,16 +436,16 @@
<name>shell(Host) -> </name>
<name>shell(Host, Option) -> </name>
<name>shell(Host, Port, Option) -> _</name>
- <fsummary> </fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Starts an interactive shell over an SSH server.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v> Host = string()</v>
- <v> Port = integer()</v>
- <v> Options - see ssh:connect/3</v>
+ <v>Host = string()</v>
+ <v>Port = integer()</v>
+ <v>Options - see ssh:connect/3</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Starts an interactive shell via an SSH server on the
+ <p>Starts an interactive shell over an SSH server on the
given <c>Host</c>. The function waits for user input,
- and will not return until the remote shell is ended (i.e.
+ and does not return until the remote shell is ended (that is,
exit from the shell).
</p>
</desc>
@@ -410,28 +454,29 @@
<func>
<name>start() -> </name>
<name>start(Type) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Starts the SSH application. </fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Starts the SSH application.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = permanent | transient | temporary</v>
<v>Reason = term() </v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Utility function that starts crypto, public_key and the SSH
- application. Defult type is temporary.
- See also <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>
- </p>
+ <p>Utility function that starts the applications <c>crypto</c>, <c>public_key</c>,
+ and <c>ssh</c>. Default type is <c>temporary</c>.
+ For more information, see the <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>
+ manual page in <c>kernel</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>stop() -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Stops the SSH application.</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Stops the <c>ssh</c> application.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Stops the SSH application. See also
- <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p>
+ <p>Stops the <c>ssh</c> application.
+ For more information, see the <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>
+ manual page in <c>kernel</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -455,7 +500,7 @@
<name>stop_listener(DaemonRef) -> </name>
<name>stop_listener(Address, Port) -> ok </name>
<fsummary>Stops the listener, but leaves existing connections started
- by the listener up and running.</fsummary>
+ by the listener operational.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>DaemonRef = ssh_daemon_ref()</v>
<v>Address = ip_address()</v>
@@ -463,7 +508,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Stops the listener, but leaves existing connections started
- by the listener up and running.</p>
+ by the listener operational.</p>
</desc>
</func>