- markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/07/23 12:47:05

     [ssh.1]
     sync PreferredAuthentications

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index f8d9fc68..b96edeac 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.122 2001/07/22 22:04:19 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.123 2001/07/23 12:47:05 markus Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
@@ -209,12 +209,10 @@ When a user connects using the protocol version 2
 different authentication methods are available.
 Using the default values for
 .Cm PreferredAuthentications ,
-the client will try to authenticate first using the public key method;
-if this method fails password authentication is attempted,
-and finally if this method fails keyboard-interactive authentication
-is attempted.
-If this method fails password authentication is
-tried.
+the client will try to authenticate first using the hostbased method;
+if this method fails public key authentication is attempted,
+and finally if this method fails keyboard-interactive and
+password authentication are tried.
 .Pp
 The public key method is similar to RSA authentication described
 in the previous section and allows the RSA or DSA algorithm to be used:
@@ -912,7 +910,7 @@ authentication methods. This allows a client to prefer one method (e.g.
 over another method (e.g.
 .Cm password )
 The default for this option is:
-.Dq publickey,hostbased,password,keyboard-interactive
+.Dq hostbased,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
 .It Cm Protocol
 Specifies the protocol versions
 .Nm