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authorkris <kris@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-10 08:31:17 +0000
committerkris <kris@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-10 08:31:17 +0000
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Initial import of OpenSSH post-2.2.0 snapshot dated 2000-09-09
Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1')
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1 files changed, 37 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1 b/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1
index 9f7299d..23c699d 100644
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1
@@ -1,15 +1,38 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.12 2000/05/03 18:04:39 markus Exp $
-.\"
-.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.\"
-.\" ssh-agent.1
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.16 2000/09/07 20:27:54 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
-.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
.\" All rights reserved
.\"
-.\" Created: Sat Apr 23 20:10:43 1995 ylo
+.\" As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software
+.\" can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this
+.\" software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is
+.\" incompatible with the protocol description in the RFC file, it must be
+.\" called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell".
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999,2000 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Aaron Campbell. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH-AGENT 1
@@ -27,14 +50,15 @@
.Oc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-is a program to hold private keys used for RSA authentication.
+is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
+(RSA, DSA).
The idea is that
.Nm
is started in the beginning of an X-session or a login session, and
all other windows or programs are started as clients to the ssh-agent
program.
Through use of environment variables the agent can be located
-and automatically used for RSA authentication when logging in to other
+and automatically used for authentication when logging in to other
machines using
.Xr ssh 1 .
.Pp
@@ -128,11 +152,14 @@ This file is not used by
but is normally added to the agent using
.Xr ssh-add 1
at login time.
-.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXX/agent.<pid> ,
+.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
+Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
+.Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> ,
Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the
authentication agent.
These sockets should only be readable by the owner.
The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits.
+.El
.Sh AUTHOR
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
.Pp
@@ -159,10 +186,6 @@ authentication and ticket passing.
supports one-time password authentication with
.Xr skey 1 .
.El
-.Pp
-The libraries described in
-.Xr ssl 8
-are required for proper operation.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ssh 1 ,
.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
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