From a86b453bb3282bac162693dc7366286c7334a91f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darren Tucker Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:45:46 +1000 Subject: - dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2004/05/13 02:47:50 [ssh-agent.1] Add examples to ssh-agent.1, bz#481 from Ralf Hauser; ok deraadt@ --- ssh-agent.1 | 22 +++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'ssh-agent.1') diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1 index aab15cc7f..cfefd34e9 100644 --- a/ssh-agent.1 +++ b/ssh-agent.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.39 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.40 2004/05/13 02:47:50 dtucker Exp $ .\" .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen , Espoo, Finland @@ -134,13 +134,25 @@ remote logins, and the user can thus use the privileges given by the identities anywhere in the network in a secure way. .Pp There are two main ways to get an agent set up: -Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment -variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands -(either +The first is that the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment +variables are exported, eg +.Cm ssh-agent xterm & . +The second is that the agent prints the needed shell commands (either .Xr sh 1 or .Xr csh 1 -syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell. +syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell, eg +.Cm eval `ssh-agent -s` +for Bourne-type shells such as +.Xr sh 1 +or +.Xr ksh 1 +and +.Cm eval `ssh-agent -c` +for +.Xr csh 1 +and derivatives. +.Pp Later .Xr ssh 1 looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent. -- cgit v1.2.3