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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-agent.1')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh-agent.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1 index 533cd6f6b..f65e8e625 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 1.50 2010/01/17 21:49:09 tedu 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: January 17 2010 $ |
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 | |||
67 | The options are as follows: | 67 | The 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 |
70 | Bind the agent to the unix-domain socket | 70 | Bind the agent to the |
71 | .Ux Ns -domain | ||
72 | socket | ||
71 | .Ar bind_address . | 73 | .Ar bind_address . |
72 | The default is | 74 | The default is |
73 | .Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt . | 75 | .Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt . |
@@ -117,8 +119,9 @@ and | |||
117 | .Pa ~/.ssh/identity . | 119 | .Pa ~/.ssh/identity . |
118 | If the identity has a passphrase, | 120 | If the identity has a passphrase, |
119 | .Xr ssh-add 1 | 121 | .Xr ssh-add 1 |
120 | asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running | 122 | asks for the passphrase on the terminal if it has one or from a small X11 |
121 | under X11, or from the terminal if running without X). | 123 | program if running under X11. |
124 | If neither of these is the case then the authentication will fail. | ||
122 | It then sends the identity to the agent. | 125 | It then sends the identity to the agent. |
123 | Several identities can be stored in the | 126 | Several identities can be stored in the |
124 | agent; the agent can automatically use any of these identities. | 127 | agent; the agent can automatically use any of these identities. |
@@ -162,8 +165,9 @@ Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed | |||
162 | by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester. | 165 | by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester. |
163 | This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent. | 166 | This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent. |
164 | .Pp | 167 | .Pp |
165 | A unix-domain socket is created | 168 | A |
166 | and the name of this socket is stored in the | 169 | .Ux Ns -domain |
170 | socket is created and the name of this socket is stored in the | ||
167 | .Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK | 171 | .Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK |
168 | environment | 172 | environment |
169 | variable. | 173 | variable. |
@@ -186,8 +190,8 @@ Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user. | |||
186 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa | 190 | .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa |
187 | Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. | 191 | Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. |
188 | .It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt | 192 | .It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt |
189 | Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the | 193 | .Ux Ns -domain |
190 | authentication agent. | 194 | sockets used to contain the connection to the authentication agent. |
191 | These sockets should only be readable by the owner. | 195 | These sockets should only be readable by the owner. |
192 | The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits. | 196 | The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits. |
193 | .El | 197 | .El |