From a954cdb799a4d83c2d40fbf3e7b9f187fbfd72fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "djm@openbsd.org" Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 04:47:50 +0000 Subject: upstream commit better document ExitOnForwardFailure; bz#2444, ok dtucker@ Upstream-ID: a126209b5a6d9cb3117ac7ab5bc63d284538bfc2 --- ssh_config.5 | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index a47f3ca9e..d0625405f 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 1.215 2015/08/14 15:32:41 jmc Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2015 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.216 2015/09/04 04:47:50 djm Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 4 2015 $ .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -639,7 +639,14 @@ data). Specifies whether .Xr ssh 1 should terminate the connection if it cannot set up all requested -dynamic, tunnel, local, and remote port forwardings. +dynamic, tunnel, local, and remote port forwardings, (e.g.\& +if either end is unable to bind and listen on a specified port.) +Note that +.Cm ExitOnForwardFailure +does not apply to connections made over port forwardings and will not, +for example, cause +.Xr ssh 1 +to exit if TCP connections to the ultimate forwarding destination fail. The argument must be .Dq yes or -- cgit v1.2.3