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authordjm <djm@openbsd.org>2020-01-25 23:33:27 +0000
committerdjm <djm@openbsd.org>2020-01-25 23:33:27 +0000
commit50fb68ab55eb8f498c4d279446812fea7dde7a49 (patch)
tree5b361b9e97bd18f698474ae280e12956d52e106d
parenttidy headers; some junk snuck into sshbuf-misc.c and sshbuf-io.c (diff)
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clarify that BatchMode applies to all interactive prompts (e.g. host key
confirmation) and not just password prompts.
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.58
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
index 07c34d442e4..f35fb6381c2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.317 2020/01/25 07:09:14 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.318 2020/01/25 23:33:27 djm Exp $
.Dd $Mdocdate: January 25 2020 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
@@ -264,9 +264,11 @@ Valid arguments are
.It Cm BatchMode
If set to
.Cm yes ,
-passphrase/password querying will be disabled.
+user interaction such as password prompts and host key confirmation requests
+will be disabled.
This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user
-is present to supply the password.
+is present to interact with
+.Xr ssh 1 .
The argument must be
.Cm yes
or