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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-agent.1')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh-agent.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1 index aab15cc7f..226804e5f 100644 --- a/ssh-agent.1 +++ b/ssh-agent.1 | |||
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | |||
1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.39 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.41 2004/07/11 17:48:47 deraadt 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 |
@@ -134,13 +134,25 @@ remote logins, and the user can thus use the privileges given by the | |||
134 | identities anywhere in the network in a secure way. | 134 | identities anywhere in the network in a secure way. |
135 | .Pp | 135 | .Pp |
136 | There are two main ways to get an agent set up: | 136 | There are two main ways to get an agent set up: |
137 | Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment | 137 | The first is that the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment |
138 | variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands | 138 | variables are exported, eg |
139 | (either | 139 | .Cm ssh-agent xterm & . |
140 | The second is that the agent prints the needed shell commands (either | ||
140 | .Xr sh 1 | 141 | .Xr sh 1 |
141 | or | 142 | or |
142 | .Xr csh 1 | 143 | .Xr csh 1 |
143 | syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell. | 144 | syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell, eg |
145 | .Cm eval `ssh-agent -s` | ||
146 | for Bourne-type shells such as | ||
147 | .Xr sh 1 | ||
148 | or | ||
149 | .Xr ksh 1 | ||
150 | and | ||
151 | .Cm eval `ssh-agent -c` | ||
152 | for | ||
153 | .Xr csh 1 | ||
154 | and derivatives. | ||
155 | .Pp | ||
144 | Later | 156 | Later |
145 | .Xr ssh 1 | 157 | .Xr ssh 1 |
146 | looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent. | 158 | looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent. |