AuthorizedKeysFile

[King, Brian]

OpenSSH 3.1

Not really a bug, but an "undocumented feature".
The default sshd_config file show the default setting for AuthorizedKeysFile
as being:

AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys

If you uncomment that default, it changes the "undocumented" setting for
"AuthorizedKeysFile2", which is by default:

AuthorizedKeysFile2      .ssh/authorized_keys2

Suggestions for change:
 1 - Add AuthorizedKeysFile2 to the man page for sshd.
 2 - Add it's default setting to the default sshd_config file.
 3 - Make the settings independent (so that setting only AuthorizedKeysFile
doesn't remove the setting for AuthorizedKeysFile2).

Even better, would be to do away with AuthorizedKeysFile2 and have
AuthorizedKeysFile work like HostKey in that you can use it multiple times
in a config file to list multiple key files to check.

Thanks for a great product!

Brian King

PS. I don't read this list so any responses should be sent directly to me.

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