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| author |   markus <markus@openbsd.org> | 1999-10-11 20:40:07 +0000 |
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| committer | markus <markus@openbsd.org> | 1999-10-11 20:40:07 +0000 |
| commit | f936f0917078f9db719b5e15ada0ef3db7cb53a1 (patch) | |
| tree | a3f682f22fe987ef2db81fd8fe03d9a63d68f46e /usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1 | |
| parent | we do not ship ssh-askpass (diff) | |
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document reality (no askpass, ignore group-world-accessible private keys)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1 index b4e18edc220..506852482bd 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1 +++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" .\" Created: Sat Apr 22 23:55:14 1995 ylo .\" -.\" $Id: ssh-add.1,v 1.3 1999/10/02 13:10:26 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $Id: ssh-add.1,v 1.4 1999/10/11 20:40:07 markus Exp $ .\" .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSH-ADD 1 @@ -30,12 +30,8 @@ When run without arguments, it adds the file Alternative file names can be given on the command line. If any file requires a passphrase, .Nm -asks for the passphrase from the user. If the user is using X11, the -passphrase is requested using a small X11 program; otherwise it is -read from the user's tty. (Note: it may be necessary to redirect -stdin from -.Pa /dev/null -to get the passphrase requested using X11.) +asks for the passphrase from the user. +The Passphrase it is read from the user's tty. .Pp The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of the current process for @@ -56,7 +52,11 @@ Deletes all identities from the agent. .Bl -tag -width Ds .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user. This file -should not be readable by anyone but the user. It is possible to +should not be readable by anyone but the user. +Note that +.Nm +ignores this file if it is accessible by others. +It is possible to specify a passphrase when generating the key; that passphrase will be used to encrypt the private part of this file. This is the default file added by |