From 21625a6424258a92a96a3bb73ae6aabc5ed8a6b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "dtucker@openbsd.org" Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 10:09:28 +0000 Subject: 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 --- ssh_config.5 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'ssh_config.5') 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 , -- cgit v1.2.1