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@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
33.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 33.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
34.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
35.\" 35.\"
36.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.230 2016/04/17 14:34:46 jmc Exp $ 36.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.231 2016/05/04 12:21:53 markus Exp $
37.Dd $Mdocdate: April 17 2016 $ 37.Dd $Mdocdate: May 4 2016 $
38.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 38.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
39.Os 39.Os
40.Sh NAME 40.Sh NAME
@@ -952,6 +952,31 @@ This option is intended for situations where ssh-agent
952offers many different identities. 952offers many different identities.
953The default is 953The default is
954.Dq no . 954.Dq no .
955.It Cm IdentityAgent
956Specifies the
957.Ux Ns -domain
958socket used to communicate with the authentication agent.
959.Pp
960This option overrides the
961.Dq SSH_AUTH_SOCK
962environment variable and can be used to select a specific agent.
963Setting the socket name to
964.Dq none
965disables the use of an authentication agent.
966.Pp
967The socket name may use the tilde
968syntax to refer to a user's home directory or one of the following
969escape characters:
970.Ql %d
971(local user's home directory),
972.Ql %u
973(local user name),
974.Ql %l
975(local host name),
976.Ql %h
977(remote host name) or
978.Ql %r
979(remote user name).
955.It Cm IdentityFile 980.It Cm IdentityFile
956Specifies a file from which the user's DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519 or RSA authentication 981Specifies a file from which the user's DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519 or RSA authentication
957identity is read. 982identity is read.