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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1 b/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1 index bc38900..5bcfd8f 100644 --- a/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1 +++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.47 2009/03/26 08:38:39 sobrado Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.50 2010/01/17 21:49:09 tedu Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd March 26 2009 +.Dd January 17 2010 .Dt SSH-AGENT 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ machines using The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl a Ar bind_address -Bind the agent to the unix-domain socket +Bind the agent to the +.Ux Ns -domain +socket .Ar bind_address . The default is .Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt . @@ -118,8 +120,9 @@ and .Pa ~/.ssh/identity . If the identity has a passphrase, .Xr ssh-add 1 -asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running -under X11, or from the terminal if running without X). +asks for the passphrase on the terminal if it has one or from a small X11 +program if running under X11. +If neither of these is the case then the authentication will fail. It then sends the identity to the agent. Several identities can be stored in the agent; the agent can automatically use any of these identities. @@ -163,8 +166,9 @@ Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester. This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent. .Pp -A unix-domain socket is created -and the name of this socket is stored in the +A +.Ux Ns -domain +socket is created and the name of this socket is stored in the .Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable. @@ -187,8 +191,8 @@ Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user. .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. .It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt -Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the -authentication agent. +.Ux Ns -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 |
