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| author | dtucker@openbsd.org <dtucker@openbsd.org> | 2022-11-07 10:09:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Darren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net> | 2022-11-07 22:22:18 +1100 |
| commit | 21625a6424258a92a96a3bb73ae6aabc5ed8a6b4 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b56e947f6ecc8bba39b5ca7e35c90c8ad4cc1be /ssh_config.5 | |
| parent | 747691604d3325ed2b62bad85b6fd8563ad32f6c (diff) | |
| download | openssh-git-21625a6424258a92a96a3bb73ae6aabc5ed8a6b4.tar.gz | |
upstream: The IdentityFile option in ssh_config can also be used to
specify a public key file, as documented in ssh.1 for the -i option. Document
this also for IdentityFile in ssh_config.5, for documentation completeness.
From laalsaas at systemli.org via portable github PR#352, ok jmc@ djm@
OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 2f943be9f96e60ef81a9a4faa25b009999f9883b
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh_config.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh_config.5 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index d1ede18e..f6fa33ce 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 1.374 2022/09/17 10:33:18 djm Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 17 2022 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.375 2022/11/07 10:09:28 dtucker Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 7 2022 $ .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1011,6 +1011,10 @@ section. .It Cm IdentityFile Specifies a file from which the user's DSA, ECDSA, authenticator-hosted ECDSA, Ed25519, authenticator-hosted Ed25519 or RSA authentication identity is read. +You can also specify a public key file to use the corresponding +private key that is loaded in +.Xr ssh-agent 1 +when the private key file is not present locally. The default is .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa , .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa , |