| ssh-agent.1 (113908) | ssh-agent.1 (124208) |
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| 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.37 2003/03/28 10:11:43 jmc Exp $ | 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.39 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc 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 --- 118 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 128The idea is that the agent is run in the user's local PC, laptop, or 129terminal. 130Authentication data need not be stored on any other 131machine, and authentication passphrases never go over the network. 132However, the connection to the agent is forwarded over SSH 133remote logins, and the user can thus use the privileges given by the 134identities anywhere in the network in a secure way. 135.Pp | 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 --- 118 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 128The idea is that the agent is run in the user's local PC, laptop, or 129terminal. 130Authentication data need not be stored on any other 131machine, and authentication passphrases never go over the network. 132However, the connection to the agent is forwarded over SSH 133remote logins, and the user can thus use the privileges given by the 134identities anywhere in the network in a secure way. 135.Pp |
| 136There are two main ways to get an agent setup: | 136There are two main ways to get an agent set up: |
| 137Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment 138variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands 139(either 140.Xr sh 1 141or 142.Xr csh 1 143syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell. 144Later --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 174.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa 175Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. 176.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid> 177Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the 178authentication agent. 179These sockets should only be readable by the owner. 180The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits. 181.El | 137Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment 138variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands 139(either 140.Xr sh 1 141or 142.Xr csh 1 143syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell. 144Later --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 174.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa 175Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. 176.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid> 177Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the 178authentication agent. 179These sockets should only be readable by the owner. 180The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits. 181.El |
| 182.Sh SEE ALSO 183.Xr ssh 1 , 184.Xr ssh-add 1 , 185.Xr ssh-keygen 1 , 186.Xr sshd 8 |
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| 182.Sh AUTHORS 183OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free 184ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. 185Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, 186Theo de Raadt and Dug Song 187removed many bugs, re-added newer features and 188created OpenSSH. 189Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH 190protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. | 187.Sh AUTHORS 188OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free 189ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. 190Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, 191Theo de Raadt and Dug Song 192removed many bugs, re-added newer features and 193created OpenSSH. 194Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH 195protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. |
| 191.Sh SEE ALSO 192.Xr ssh 1 , 193.Xr ssh-add 1 , 194.Xr ssh-keygen 1 , 195.Xr sshd 8 | |