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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-agent.1')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh-agent.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1 index 533cd6f6..bbae4af9 100644 --- a/ssh-agent.1 +++ b/ssh-agent.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.47 2009/03/26 08:38:39 sobrado Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.48 2009/10/22 12:35:53 sobrado Exp $ .\" .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 26 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 22 2009 $ .Dt SSH-AGENT 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ machines using The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl a Ar bind_address -Bind the agent to the unix-domain socket +Bind the agent to the +.Ux +domain socket .Ar bind_address . The default is .Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt . @@ -162,8 +164,9 @@ 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. .Pp -A unix-domain socket is created -and the name of this socket is stored in the +A +.Ux +domain socket is created and the name of this socket is stored in the .Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable. @@ -186,7 +189,8 @@ Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user. .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. .It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt -Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the +.Ux +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. |