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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1,v
retrieving revision 1.24.2.2
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.24.2.2 -r1.25
--- src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1	2002/03/09 00:20:45	1.24.2.2
+++ src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1	2001/06/26 04:07:06	1.25
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.24.2.2 2002/03/09 00:20:45 miod Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.25 2001/06/26 04:07:06 markus Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@
 .Nd authentication agent
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm ssh-agent
-.Op Fl c Li | Fl s
-.Op Fl d
-.Op Ar command Op Ar args ...
+.Ar command
+.Ar args ...
 .Nm ssh-agent
 .Op Fl c Li | Fl s
+.Nm ssh-agent
 .Fl k
+.Nm ssh-agent
+.Fl d
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
 .It Fl d
 Debug mode.  When this option is specified
 .Nm
-will not fork.
+will fork.
 .El
 .Pp
 If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent.
@@ -94,11 +96,9 @@
 .Xr ssh-add 1 .
 When executed without arguments,
 .Xr ssh-add 1
-adds the files
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa ,
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa 
-and
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity .
+adds the
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
+file.
 If the identity has a passphrase,
 .Xr ssh-add 1
 asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@
 identities anywhere in the network in a secure way.
 .Pp
 There are two main ways to get an agent setup:
-Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment
-variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands
-(either
+Either you let the agent
+start a new subcommand into which some environment variables are exported, or
+you let the agent print the needed shell commands (either
 .Xr sh 1
 or
 .Xr csh 1
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@
 .Xr ssh 1
 looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent.
 .Pp
-The agent will never send a private key over its request channel.
-Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed
-by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester.
-This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent.
-.Pp
 A unix-domain socket is created
 .Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> ,
 and the name of this socket is stored in the
@@ -154,6 +149,15 @@
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
 Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user.
+This file should not be readable by anyone but the user.
+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 file is not used by
+.Nm
+but is normally added to the agent using
+.Xr ssh-add 1
+at login time.
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
 Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa