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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-agent.0')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh-agent.0 | 56 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-agent.0 b/ssh-agent.0 index 536eac756acb..dfc82a966f6b 100644 --- a/ssh-agent.0 +++ b/ssh-agent.0 @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ SYNOPSIS ssh-agent [-c | -s] -k DESCRIPTION - ssh-agent is a program to hold private keys used for public key authenti- - cation (RSA, DSA). The idea is that ssh-agent is started in the begin- - ning of an X-session or a login session, and all other windows or pro- - grams are started as clients to the ssh-agent program. Through use of + ssh-agent is a program to hold private keys used for public key + authentication (RSA, DSA). The idea is that ssh-agent is started in the + beginning of an X-session or a login session, and all other windows or + programs are started as clients to the ssh-agent program. Through use of environment variables the agent can be located and automatically used for authentication when logging in to other machines using ssh(1). The options are as follows: -a bind_address - Bind the agent to the UNIX-domain socket bind_address. The de- - fault is /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid>. + Bind the agent to the UNIX-domain socket bind_address. The + default is /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid>. -c Generate C-shell commands on stdout. This is the default if SHELL looks like it's a csh style of shell. @@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ DESCRIPTION one or from a small X11 program if running under X11. If neither of these is the case then the authentication will fail. It then sends the identity to the agent. Several identities can be stored in the agent; - the agent can automatically use any of these identities. ssh-add -l dis- - plays the identities currently held by the agent. + the agent can automatically use any of these identities. ssh-add -l + displays the identities currently held by the agent. - The idea is that the agent is run in the user's local PC, laptop, or ter- - minal. Authentication data need not be stored on any other machine, and - authentication passphrases never go over the network. However, the con- - nection to the agent is forwarded over SSH remote logins, and the user - can thus use the privileges given by the identities anywhere in the net- - work in a secure way. + The idea is that the agent is run in the user's local PC, laptop, or + terminal. Authentication data need not be stored on any other machine, + and authentication passphrases never go over the network. However, the + connection to the agent is forwarded over SSH remote logins, and the user + can thus use the privileges given by the identities anywhere in the + network in a secure way. There are two main ways to get an agent set up: The first is that the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment variables are @@ -68,18 +68,18 @@ DESCRIPTION Bourne-type shells such as sh(1) or ksh(1) and eval `ssh-agent -c` for csh(1) and derivatives. - Later ssh(1) looks at these variables and uses them to establish a con- - nection to the agent. + Later ssh(1) looks at these variables and uses them to establish a + connection to the agent. - The agent will never send a private key over its request channel. In- - stead, operations that require a private key will be performed by the - agent, and the result will be returned to the requester. This way, pri- - vate keys are not exposed to clients using the agent. + The agent will never send a private key over its request channel. + Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed by the + agent, and the result will be returned to the requester. This way, + private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent. A UNIX-domain socket is created and the name of this socket is stored in the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable. The socket is made accessible - only to the current user. This method is easily abused by root or anoth- - er instance of the same user. + only to the current user. This method is easily abused by root or + another instance of the same user. The SSH_AGENT_PID environment variable holds the agent's process ID. @@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ FILES the user. /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid> - UNIX-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the authen- - tication agent. These sockets should only be readable by the - owner. The sockets should get automatically removed when the + UNIX-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the + authentication agent. These sockets should only be readable by + the owner. The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits. SEE ALSO @@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ SEE ALSO AUTHORS OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo - de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and cre- - ated OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol + de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and + created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. -OpenBSD 4.7 January 17, 2010 2 +OpenBSD 4.8 January 17, 2010 OpenBSD 4.8 |