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| ==== Attempt GSSAPI authentication ==== | ==== Attempt GSSAPI authentication ==== | ||
| - | The switch controls the use of GSSAPI authentication. This is a mechanism which delegates the authentication exchange to a library elsewhere on the client machine, which in principle can authenticate in many different ways but in practice is usually used with the Kerberos single sign-on protocol.· | + | The switch controls the use of GSSAPI authentication. This is a mechanism which delegates the authentication exchange to a library elsewhere on the client machine, which in principle can authenticate in many different ways but in practice is usually used with the Kerberos single sign-on protocol to implement passwordless login. |
| %%GSSAPI%% is only available in the SSH-2 protocol. | %%GSSAPI%% is only available in the SSH-2 protocol. | ||