May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
666 pages
21h 5m
English
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
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ssh Options
OpenSSH | Tectia | Option | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ | -1 | Use SSH-1 protocol only | |
✓ | -1(t |i) | Use SSH-1 protocol via
ssh1 executable ( | |
✓ | -2 | Use SSH-2 protocol only | |
✓ | ✓ | -4 | Use IPv4 addresses only |
✓ | ✓ | -6 | Use IPv6 addresses only |
✓ | ✓ | -a | Disable agent forwarding |
✓ | +a | Enable agent forwarding | |
✓ | -b bind_address | Select a network interface | |
✓ | -A | Enable agent forwarding | |
✓ | ✓ | -c cipher | Select encryption cipher |
✓ | -C | Enable compression | |
✓ | -C | Disable compression | |
✓ | +C | Enable compression | |
✓ | -d debug_spec | Enable debug messages | |
✓ | -D port | Do dynamic port forwarding | |
✓ | ✓ | -e character | Set escape character |
✓ | -E name | Use external key-provider
| |
✓ | ✓ | -f | Fork into background |
✓ | -fo | Fork into background once | |
✓ | ✓ | -F filename | Use other configuration file |
✓ | ✓ | -g | Gateway locally forwarded ports |
✓ | +g | Don’t gateway locally forwarded ports | |
✓ | -h | Print help message | |
✓ | ✓ | -i filename | Select identity file |
✓ | -I string | Initialization string for external-key provider | |
✓ | -I device | Choose smartcard device | |
✓ | -k | Disable Kerberos ticket forwarding | |
✓ | ✓ | -l username | Remote username |
✓ | ✓ | -L port1:host2: port2 | Local port forwarding |
✓ | ✓ | -m algorithm | Select MAC algorithm |
✓ | -M | Do not execute remote command | |
✓ | ✓ | -n | Redirect stdin from /dev/null |
2 | -N | Execute no remote command | |
✓ | ✓ | -o “keyword value” | Set configuration keyword |
✓ | ✓ | -p port | Select TCP port number |
✓ | ✓ | -P | Use nonprivileged port |
✓ | ✓ | -q | Quiet mode |
✓ | ✓ | -R port1:host2: port2 | Remote port forwarding |
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