ssh and scp Keywords (SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide)

B.4. ssh and scp Keywords

SSH2	OpenSSH	Keyword	Value	Meaning
		#	Any text	Comment line
		AFSTokenPassing	Yes/no	Forward AFS tokens to server
N		AllowAgentForwarding	Yes/no	Enable agent forwarding
		AllowedAuthentications	Auth types	Permitted authentication techniques
N		AuthenticationNotify	Yes/no	Print message on stdout on successful authentication
N		AuthenticationSuccessMsg	Yes/no	Print message on stderr on successful authentication
		BatchMode	Yes/no	Disable prompting
		CheckHostIP	Yes/no	Detect DNS spoofing
	1	Cipher	Cipher	Request encryption cipher
	2	Ciphers	Cipher_ list	Supported encryption ciphers
		ClearAllForwardings	Yes/no	Ignore any specified forwarding
		Compression	Yes/no	Enable data compression
		CompressionLevel	0-9	Select compression algorithm
		ConnectionAttempts	# attempts	# of retries by client
N		DefaultDomain	Domain	Specify domain name
		DontReadStdin	Yes/no	Redirect stdin from /dev/ null
	2	DSAAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit SSH-2 DSA authentication
		EscapeChar	Character	Set escape character (^ = Ctrl key)
		FallBackToRsh	Yes/no	Use rsh if ssh fails
		ForcePTTYAllocation	Yes/no	Allocate a pseudo-tty
		ForwardAgent	Yes/no	Enable agent forwarding
		ForwardX11	Yes/no	Enable X forwarding
		GatewayPorts	Yes/no	Gateway locally forwarded ports
	1	GlobalKnownHostsFile	Filename	Location of global known hosts file
	2	GlobalKnownHostsFile2	Filename	Location of global known hosts file
		GoBackground	Yes/no	Fork into background
		Host	Pattern	Begin section for this host
		HostName	Hostname	Real name of host
	1	IdentityFile	Filename	Name of private key file (RSA)
	2	IdentityFile2	Filename	Name of private key file (DSA)
		KeepAlive	Yes/no	Send keepalive packets
		KerberosAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit Kerberos authentication
		KerberosTgtPassing	Yes/no	Support ticket-granting-tickets
		LocalForward	Port, socket	Local port forwarding
N		Macs	Algorithm	Select MAC algorithm
		NoDelay	Yes/no	Enable Nagle algorithm
		NumberOfPasswordPrompts	# prompts	# of prompts before failure
		PasswordAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit password authentication
		PasswordPrompt	String	Password prompt
		PasswordPromptHost	Yes/no	Hostname for password prompt
		PasswordPromptLogin	Yes/no	Username for password prompt
		Port	Port number	Select server port number
		ProxyCommand	Command	Connect to proxy server
		QuietMode	Yes/no	Quiet mode
		RandomSeedFile	Filename	Location of random seed file
		RemoteForward	Port, socket	Remote port forwarding
		RhostsAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit .rhosts authentication
		RhostsPubKey-Authentication	Yes/no	Permit combined authentication
		RhostsRSAAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit combined authentication
		RSAAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit public-key authentication
N		PGPSecretKeyfile	Filename	Default location of PGP private key file for authentication
		SkeyAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit S/Key authentication
N		SocksServer	Server	Specify SOCKS server
		Ssh1AgentCompatibility	Yes/no	Enable SSH1 agent compatibility
		Ssh1Compatibility	Yes/no	Enable SSH1 compatibility
		Ssh1Path	Filename	Path to ssh1
		SshSignerPath	Filename	Path to ssh-signer2
		StrictHostKeyChecking	Yes/no/ ask	Behavior on host key mismatch
		TISAuthentication	Yes/no	Permit TIS authentication
		UsePrivilegedPort	Yes/no	Permit privileged port use
		User	Username	Remote username
	1	UserKnownHostsFile	Filename	Location of user known hosts file
	2	UserKnownHostsFile2	Filename	Location of user known hosts file
		UseRsh	Yes/no	Use rsh instead of ssh
		VerboseMode	Yes/no	Verbose mode
		XAuthLocation	Filename	Location of xauth


B.3. sshd Keywords		B.5. ssh Options