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author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2003-09-01 00:51:03 +0000 |
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committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2003-09-01 00:51:03 +0000 |
commit | 79cf0b3654d7b597de323153eb57015cdfbd90a4 (patch) | |
tree | 274e78bc3369e218e59aa1fcc9b7e90697f424f1 /ssh_config.5 | |
parent | d984a3c6658e950881edcfb2aae464add93f68d4 (diff) |
Debian release 3.4p1-1.
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh_config.5')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh_config.5 | 35 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index 53cb0fe97..801a7e88a 100644 --- a/ssh_config.5 +++ b/ssh_config.5 | |||
@@ -120,8 +120,15 @@ This option applies to protocol version 1 only. | |||
120 | If set to | 120 | If set to |
121 | .Dq yes , | 121 | .Dq yes , |
122 | passphrase/password querying will be disabled. | 122 | passphrase/password querying will be disabled. |
123 | In addition, the | ||
124 | .Cm ProtocolKeepAlives | ||
125 | and | ||
126 | .Cm SetupTimeOut | ||
127 | options will both be set to 300 seconds by default. | ||
123 | This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user | 128 | This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user |
124 | is present to supply the password. | 129 | is present to supply the password, |
130 | and where it is desirable to detect a | ||
131 | broken network swiftly. | ||
125 | The argument must be | 132 | The argument must be |
126 | .Dq yes | 133 | .Dq yes |
127 | or | 134 | or |
@@ -336,6 +343,12 @@ Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive messages to the | |||
336 | other side. | 343 | other side. |
337 | If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one | 344 | If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one |
338 | of the machines will be properly noticed. | 345 | of the machines will be properly noticed. |
346 | of the machines will be properly noticed. This option only uses TCP | ||
347 | keepalives (as opposed to using ssh level keepalives), so takes a long | ||
348 | time to notice when the connection dies. As such, you probably want | ||
349 | the | ||
350 | .Cm ProtocolKeepAlives | ||
351 | option as well. | ||
339 | However, this means that | 352 | However, this means that |
340 | connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people | 353 | connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people |
341 | find it annoying. | 354 | find it annoying. |
@@ -434,6 +447,13 @@ This means that | |||
434 | .Nm ssh | 447 | .Nm ssh |
435 | tries version 2 and falls back to version 1 | 448 | tries version 2 and falls back to version 1 |
436 | if version 2 is not available. | 449 | if version 2 is not available. |
450 | .It Cm ProtocolKeepAlives | ||
451 | Specifies the interval at which IGNORE packets will be sent to | ||
452 | the server during dile periods. Use this option in scripts to detect | ||
453 | when the network fails. The argument must be an integer. The default | ||
454 | is 0 (disabled), or 300 if the | ||
455 | .Cm BatchMode | ||
456 | option is set. | ||
437 | .It Cm ProxyCommand | 457 | .It Cm ProxyCommand |
438 | Specifies the command to use to connect to the server. | 458 | Specifies the command to use to connect to the server. |
439 | The command | 459 | The command |
@@ -517,6 +537,19 @@ running. | |||
517 | The default is | 537 | The default is |
518 | .Dq yes . | 538 | .Dq yes . |
519 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 1 only. | 539 | Note that this option applies to protocol version 1 only. |
540 | .It Cm SetupTimeOut | ||
541 | Normally, | ||
542 | .Nm ssh | ||
543 | blocks indefinitly whilst waiting to receive the ssh banner and other | ||
544 | setup protocol from the server, during the session setup. This can cause | ||
545 | .Nm ssh | ||
546 | to hang under certain circumstances. If this option is set, | ||
547 | .Nm ssh | ||
548 | will give up if no data from the server is received for the specified | ||
549 | number of seconds. The argument must be an integer. The default is 0 | ||
550 | (disabled), or 300 if | ||
551 | .Cm BatchMode | ||
552 | is set. | ||
520 | .It Cm SmartcardDevice | 553 | .It Cm SmartcardDevice |
521 | Specifies which smartcard device to use. The argument to this keyword is | 554 | Specifies which smartcard device to use. The argument to this keyword is |
522 | the device | 555 | the device |