Match (OpenSSH)

Match directive in sshd_config file in OpenSSH The available criteria are User, Group, Host, LocalAddress, LocalPort, RDomain, and Address (with RDomain representing the rdomain(4) on which the connection was received). See also: ChrootDirectory, Sftp configuration

Use ! to negate:

Match group staff,!guests

Match User bob,joe,phil

Match User <username>
  PasswordAuthentication yes

Related terms

• Sftp configuration
• sshd -t

See also

• /etc/ssh/sshd_config(man): AuthenticationMethods, PubkeyAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, PermitRootLogin, MaxStartups, sshd_config, AllowUsers, Hardening
• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.1