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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml')
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1 files changed, 42 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml index 6b49f89449..f6e26f5ee8 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml +++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ <item> <p>IP version to use.</p> </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[{user_dir, string()}]]></c></tag> + <tag><marker id="opt_user_dir"></marker><c><![CDATA[{user_dir, string()}]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Sets the user directory, that is, the directory containing <c>ssh</c> configuration files for the user, such as @@ -175,22 +175,48 @@ supplied with this option. </p> </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[{silently_accept_hosts, boolean() | accept_fun() | {crypto:digest_type(), accept_fun()} }]]></c> - <br/> - <c><![CDATA[accept_fun() :: fun(PeerName::string(), FingerPrint::string()) -> boolean()]]></c> + <tag> + <c><![CDATA[{silently_accept_hosts, boolean()}]]></c> <br/> + <c><![CDATA[{silently_accept_hosts, CallbackFun}]]></c> <br/> + <c><![CDATA[{silently_accept_hosts, {HashAlgoSpec, CallbackFun} }]]></c> <br/> + <br/> + <c><![CDATA[HashAlgoSpec = crypto:digest_type() | [ crypto:digest_type() ] ]]></c><br/> + <c><![CDATA[CallbackFun = fun(PeerName, FingerPrint) -> boolean()]]></c><br/> + <c><![CDATA[PeerName = string()]]></c><br/> + <c><![CDATA[FingerPrint = string() | [ string() ] ]]></c> </tag> <item> - <p>When <c>true</c>, hosts are added to the - file <c><![CDATA[known_hosts]]></c> without asking the user. - Defaults to <c>false</c> which will give a user question on stdio of whether to accept or reject a previously - unseen host.</p> - <p>If the option value is has an <c>accept_fun()</c>, that fun will called with the arguments - <c>(PeerName, PeerHostKeyFingerPrint)</c>. The fingerprint is calculated on the Peer's Host Key with - <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#ssh_hostkey_fingerprint-1">public_key:ssh_hostkey_fingerprint/1</seealso>. - </p> - <p>If the <c>crypto:digest_type()</c> is present, the fingerprint is calculated with that digest type by the function - <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#ssh_hostkey_fingerprint-2">public_key:ssh_hostkey_fingerprint/2</seealso>. - </p> + <p>This option guides the <c>connect</c> function how to act when the connected server presents a Host + Key that the client has not seen before. The default is to ask the user with a question on stdio of whether to + accept or reject the new Host Key. + See also the option <seealso marker="#opt_user_dir"><c>user_dir</c></seealso> + for the path to the file <c>known_hosts</c> where previously accepted Host Keys are recorded. + </p> + <p>The option can be given in three different forms as seen above:</p> + <list> + <item>The value is a <c>boolean()</c>. The value <c>true</c> will make the client accept any unknown + Host Key without any user interaction. The value <c>false</c> keeps the default behaviour of asking the + the user on stdio. + </item> + <item>A <c>CallbackFun</c> will be called and the boolean return value <c>true</c> will make the client + accept the Host Key. A return value of <c>false</c> will make the client to reject the Host Key and therefore + also the connection will be closed. The arguments to the fun are: + <list type="bulleted"> + <item><c>PeerName</c> - a string with the name or address of the remote host.</item> + <item><c>FingerPrint</c> - the fingerprint of the Host Key as + <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#ssh_hostkey_fingerprint-1">public_key:ssh_hostkey_fingerprint/1</seealso> + calculates it. + </item> + </list> + </item> + <item>A tuple <c>{HashAlgoSpec, CallbackFun}</c>. The <c>HashAlgoSpec</c> specifies which hash algorithm + shall be used to calculate the fingerprint used in the call of the <c>CallbackFun</c>. The <c>HashALgoSpec</c> + is either an atom or a list of atoms as the first argument in + <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#ssh_hostkey_fingerprint-2">public_key:ssh_hostkey_fingerprint/2</seealso>. + If it is a list of hash algorithm names, the <c>FingerPrint</c> argument in the <c>CallbackFun</c> will be + a list of fingerprints in the same order as the corresponding name in the <c>HashAlgoSpec</c> list. + </item> + </list> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[{user_interaction, boolean()}]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -200,7 +226,7 @@ supplying a password. Defaults to <c>true</c>. Even if user interaction is allowed it can be suppressed by other options, such as <c>silently_accept_hosts</c> - and <c>password</c>. However, those optins are not always desirable + and <c>password</c>. However, those options are not always desirable to use from a security point of view.</p> </item> |