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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.28.2.2
diff -u -r1.28 -r1.28.2.2
--- src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1	2001/09/05 06:23:07	1.28
+++ src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1	2002/06/22 07:23:18	1.28.2.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.28 2001/09/05 06:23:07 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.28.2.2 2002/06/22 07:23:18 miod Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 .Nd authentication agent
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm ssh-agent
+.Op Fl a Ar bind_address
 .Op Fl c Li | Fl s
 .Op Fl d
 .Op Ar command Op Ar args ...
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a Ar bind_address
+Bind the agent to the unix-domain socket
+.Ar bind_address .
+The default is
+.Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> .
 .It Fl c
 Generate C-shell commands on
 .Dv stdout .
@@ -94,9 +100,11 @@
 .Xr ssh-add 1 .
 When executed without arguments,
 .Xr ssh-add 1
-adds the
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
-file.
+adds the files
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa ,
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
+and
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity .
 If the identity has a passphrase,
 .Xr ssh-add 1
 asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running
@@ -127,8 +135,12 @@
 .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
 .Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
 environment
@@ -147,15 +159,6 @@
 .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