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authorDarren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>2009-10-24 11:41:34 +1100
committerDarren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>2009-10-24 11:41:34 +1100
commitae69e1d010ddf367fdd8ecf7f006c54cfe3f9728 (patch)
treeb6559ad36d2d9c4573cbf438c310a98b77dc3e0a /ssh-agent.1
parent49b7e235455bf20227877624f8c60c34a6e78458 (diff)
- sobrado@cvs.openbsd.org 2009/10/22 12:35:53
[ssh.1 ssh-agent.1 ssh-add.1] use the UNIX-related macros (.At and .Ux) where appropriate. ok jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-agent.1')
-rw-r--r--ssh-agent.116
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1
index 533cd6f6b..bbae4af92 100644
--- a/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/ssh-agent.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.47 2009/03/26 08:38:39 sobrado Exp $ 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.48 2009/10/22 12:35:53 sobrado Exp $
2.\" 2.\"
3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
4.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland 4.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
34.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 34.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
35.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 35.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
36.\" 36.\"
37.Dd $Mdocdate: March 26 2009 $ 37.Dd $Mdocdate: October 22 2009 $
38.Dt SSH-AGENT 1 38.Dt SSH-AGENT 1
39.Os 39.Os
40.Sh NAME 40.Sh NAME
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ machines using
67The options are as follows: 67The options are as follows:
68.Bl -tag -width Ds 68.Bl -tag -width Ds
69.It Fl a Ar bind_address 69.It Fl a Ar bind_address
70Bind the agent to the unix-domain socket 70Bind the agent to the
71.Ux
72domain socket
71.Ar bind_address . 73.Ar bind_address .
72The default is 74The default is
73.Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt . 75.Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt .
@@ -162,8 +164,9 @@ Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed
162by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester. 164by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester.
163This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent. 165This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent.
164.Pp 166.Pp
165A unix-domain socket is created 167A
166and the name of this socket is stored in the 168.Ux
169domain socket is created and the name of this socket is stored in the
167.Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK 170.Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
168environment 171environment
169variable. 172variable.
@@ -186,7 +189,8 @@ Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.
186.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa 189.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
187Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. 190Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user.
188.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt 191.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt
189Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the 192.Ux
193domain sockets used to contain the connection to the
190authentication agent. 194authentication agent.
191These sockets should only be readable by the owner. 195These sockets should only be readable by the owner.
192The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits. 196The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits.