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Comments and suggestions concerning this book should be mailed to gmourani@videotron.ca © Copyright 1999-2000 Gerhard Mourani and Open Network Architecture ® 187 This option “PasswordGuesses” specifies how many tries the user has when using password authentication. MaxConnections 5 This option “MaxConnections” specifies what is the maximum number of connections that ssh2 daemon will handle simultaneously. PermitRootLogin no This option “PermitRootLogin” specifies whether root can log in using ssh. Never say, “yes” to this option. AllowedAuthentications publickey,password This option “AllowedAuthentications” specifies which authentications methods are allow to be used. With this option the administrator can force users to complete several authentications before they are considered authenticated. RequiredAuthentications publickey,password This option “RequiredAuthentications” related to “AllowedAuthentications”, specifies which authentication methods the users must complete before continuing. This parameter must be the same as for “AllowedAuthentications” option or, the server will denies connection every time. VerboseMode no This option “VerboseMode” specifies ssh2 daemon to print debugging messages about its progress. This option is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems. PrintMotd yes This option “PrintMotd” specifies whether ssh2 daemon should print the content of the “/etc/motd” file when a user logs in interactively. The “/etc/motd” file is also know as “the message of the day”. CheckMail yes This option “CheckMail” specifies whether ssh2 daemon should print information about new mail you may have. UserConfigDirectory "%D/.ssh2" This option “UserConfigDirectory” specifies the default location for user-specific configuration data. SyslogFacility DAEMON This option “SyslogFacility” specifies the facility code used when logging messages from ssh2 daemon. The facility specifies the subsystem that produced the message, in our case DAEMON. Ssh1Compatibility no This option “Ssh1Compatibility” specifies whether to use SSH1  compatibility code with SSH2 for ssh1 users. NoDelay yes This option “NoDelay” specifies if socket option TCP_NODELAY must be enable. It is recomanded to set this option to “yes” to improve network performance. KeepAlive yes This option “KeepAlive” specifies whether the system should send keep alive messages to the remote server. If set to “yes” then death of the connection or crash of remote machines will be properly noticed.