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| 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.44 2006/07/18 08:03:09 jmc Exp $ | 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.46 2007/09/09 11:38:01 sobrado Exp $ |
| 2.\" 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 4.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland 5.\" All rights reserved 6.\" 7.\" As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software 8.\" can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this 9.\" software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 29.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 30.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 31.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 32.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 33.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 34.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 35.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" | 2.\" 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 4.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland 5.\" All rights reserved 6.\" 7.\" As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software 8.\" can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this 9.\" software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 29.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 30.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 31.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 32.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 33.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 34.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 35.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" |
| 37.Dd September 25, 1999 | 37.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2007 $ |
| 38.Dt SSH-AGENT 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm ssh-agent 42.Nd authentication agent 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm ssh-agent | 38.Dt SSH-AGENT 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm ssh-agent 42.Nd authentication agent 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm ssh-agent |
| 45.Op Fl a Ar bind_address | |
| 46.Op Fl c Li | Fl s | 45.Op Fl c Li | Fl s |
| 47.Op Fl t Ar life | |
| 48.Op Fl d | 46.Op Fl d |
| 49.Op Ar command Op Ar args ... | 47.Op Fl a Ar bind_address 48.Op Fl t Ar life 49.Op Ar command Op Ar arg ... |
| 50.Nm ssh-agent 51.Op Fl c Li | Fl s 52.Fl k 53.Sh DESCRIPTION 54.Nm 55is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication 56(RSA, DSA). 57The idea is that --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 72The default is 73.Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt . 74.It Fl c 75Generate C-shell commands on 76.Dv stdout . 77This is the default if 78.Ev SHELL 79looks like it's a csh style of shell. | 50.Nm ssh-agent 51.Op Fl c Li | Fl s 52.Fl k 53.Sh DESCRIPTION 54.Nm 55is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication 56(RSA, DSA). 57The idea is that --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 72The default is 73.Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt . 74.It Fl c 75Generate C-shell commands on 76.Dv stdout . 77This is the default if 78.Ev SHELL 79looks like it's a csh style of shell. |
| 80.It Fl d 81Debug mode. 82When this option is specified 83.Nm 84will not fork. 85.It Fl k 86Kill the current agent (given by the 87.Ev SSH_AGENT_PID 88environment variable). |
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| 80.It Fl s 81Generate Bourne shell commands on 82.Dv stdout . 83This is the default if 84.Ev SHELL 85does not look like it's a csh style of shell. | 89.It Fl s 90Generate Bourne shell commands on 91.Dv stdout . 92This is the default if 93.Ev SHELL 94does not look like it's a csh style of shell. |
| 86.It Fl k 87Kill the current agent (given by the 88.Ev SSH_AGENT_PID 89environment variable). | |
| 90.It Fl t Ar life 91Set a default value for the maximum lifetime of identities added to the agent. 92The lifetime may be specified in seconds or in a time format specified in 93.Xr sshd_config 5 . 94A lifetime specified for an identity with 95.Xr ssh-add 1 96overrides this value. 97Without this option the default maximum lifetime is forever. | 95.It Fl t Ar life 96Set a default value for the maximum lifetime of identities added to the agent. 97The lifetime may be specified in seconds or in a time format specified in 98.Xr sshd_config 5 . 99A lifetime specified for an identity with 100.Xr ssh-add 1 101overrides this value. 102Without this option the default maximum lifetime is forever. |
| 98.It Fl d 99Debug mode. 100When this option is specified 101.Nm 102will not fork. | |
| 103.El 104.Pp 105If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent. 106When the command dies, so does the agent. 107.Pp 108The agent initially does not have any private keys. 109Keys are added using 110.Xr ssh-add 1 . --- 97 unchanged lines hidden --- | 103.El 104.Pp 105If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent. 106When the command dies, so does the agent. 107.Pp 108The agent initially does not have any private keys. 109Keys are added using 110.Xr ssh-add 1 . --- 97 unchanged lines hidden --- |