upstream commit

Add RemoteCommand option to specify a command in the
ssh config file instead of giving it on the client's command line.  This
command will be executed on the remote host.  The feature allows to automate
tasks using ssh config. OK markus@

Upstream-ID: 5d982fc17adea373a9c68cae1021ce0a0904a5ee

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5
index db37b92cd..2c9e20fec 100644
--- a/ssh_config.5
+++ b/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.248 2017/05/07 23:12:57 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 7 2017 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.249 2017/05/30 18:58:37 bluhm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 30 2017 $
 .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1287,6 +1287,14 @@ is
 .Cm default none ,
 which means that rekeying is performed after the cipher's default amount
 of data has been sent or received and no time based rekeying is done.
+.It Cm RemoteCommand
+Specifies a command to execute on the remote machine after successfully
+connecting to the server.
+The command string extends to the end of the line, and is executed with
+the user's shell.
+The same escape character substitutions as for
+.Cm LocalCommand
+will be performed.
 .It Cm RemoteForward
 Specifies that a TCP port on the remote machine be forwarded over
 the secure channel to the specified host and port from the local machine.