- dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2004/05/13 02:47:50

     [ssh-agent.1]
     Add examples to ssh-agent.1, bz#481 from Ralf Hauser; ok deraadt@

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fb81a8145..7ccb6f241 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
      [auth.c auth2-none.c authfile.c channels.c monitor.c monitor_mm.c
      packet.c packet.h progressmeter.c session.c openbsd-compat/xmmap.c]
      improve some code lint did not like; djm millert ok
+   - dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2004/05/13 02:47:50
+     [ssh-agent.1]
+     Add examples to ssh-agent.1, bz#481 from Ralf Hauser; ok deraadt@
 
 20040502
  - (dtucker) OpenBSD CVS Sync
@@ -1107,4 +1110,4 @@
    - (djm) Trim deprecated options from INSTALL. Mention UsePAM
    - (djm) Fix quote handling in sftp; Patch from admorten AT umich.edu
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3350 2004/05/13 06:39:33 dtucker Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3351 2004/05/13 06:45:46 dtucker Exp $
diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1
index aab15cc7f..cfefd34e9 100644
--- a/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/ssh-agent.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.39 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.40 2004/05/13 02:47:50 dtucker Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -134,13 +134,25 @@ remote logins, and the user can thus use the privileges given by the
 identities anywhere in the network in a secure way.
 .Pp
 There are two main ways to get an agent set up:
-Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment
-variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands
-(either
+The first is that the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment
+variables are exported, eg
+.Cm ssh-agent xterm & .
+The second is that the agent prints the needed shell commands (either
 .Xr sh 1
 or
 .Xr csh 1
-syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell.
+syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell, eg
+.Cm eval `ssh-agent -s`
+for Bourne-type shells such as
+.Xr sh 1
+or
+.Xr ksh 1
+and
+.Cm eval `ssh-agent -c` 
+for
+.Xr csh 1
+and derivatives.
+.Pp
 Later
 .Xr ssh 1
 looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent.