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1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.13 2000/07/06 04:06:56 aaron Exp $ 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.14 2000/08/19 21:34:43 markus Exp $
2.\" 2.\"
3.\" -*- nroff -*- 3.\" -*- nroff -*-
4.\" 4.\"
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@
27.Oc 27.Oc
28.Sh DESCRIPTION 28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29.Nm 29.Nm
30is a program to hold private keys used for RSA authentication. 30is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
31(RSA, DSA).
31The idea is that 32The idea is that
32.Nm 33.Nm
33is started in the beginning of an X-session or a login session, and 34is started in the beginning of an X-session or a login session, and
34all other windows or programs are started as clients to the ssh-agent 35all other windows or programs are started as clients to the ssh-agent
35program. 36program.
36Through use of environment variables the agent can be located 37Through use of environment variables the agent can be located
37and automatically used for RSA authentication when logging in to other 38and automatically used for authentication when logging in to other
38machines using 39machines using
39.Xr ssh 1 . 40.Xr ssh 1 .
40.Pp 41.Pp
@@ -128,7 +129,9 @@ This file is not used by
128but is normally added to the agent using 129but is normally added to the agent using
129.Xr ssh-add 1 130.Xr ssh-add 1
130at login time. 131at login time.
131.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXX/agent.<pid> , 132.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
133Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
134.Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> ,
132Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the 135Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the
133authentication agent. 136authentication agent.
134These sockets should only be readable by the owner. 137These sockets should only be readable by the owner.