=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1,v retrieving revision 1.162 retrieving revision 1.163 diff -u -r1.162 -r1.163 --- src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 2002/08/12 17:30:35 1.162 +++ src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 2002/08/17 23:07:14 1.163 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" (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.1,v 1.162 2002/08/12 17:30:35 stevesk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.163 2002/08/17 23:07:14 stevesk Exp $ .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSH 1 .Os @@ -353,9 +353,17 @@ The real authentication cookie is never sent to the server machine (and no cookies are sent in the plain). .Pp -If the user is using an authentication agent, the connection to the agent -is automatically forwarded to the remote side unless disabled on -the command line or in a configuration file. +If the +.Cm ForwardAgent +variable is set to +.Dq yes +(or, see the description of the +.Fl A +and +.Fl a +options described later) and +the user is using an authentication agent, the connection to the agent +is automatically forwarded to the remote side. .Pp Forwarding of arbitrary TCP/IP connections over the secure channel can be specified either on the command line or in a configuration file.