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- dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2004/05/13 02:47:50 

[ssh-agent.1]
     Add examples to ssh-agent.1, bz#481 from Ralf Hauser; ok deraadt@
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[auth.c auth2-none.c authfile.c channels.c monitor.c monitor_mm.c
packet.c packet.h progressmeter.c session.c openbsd-compat/xmmap.c]
improve some code lint did not like; djm millert ok
- dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2004/05/13 02:47:50
[ssh-agent.1]
Add examples to ssh-agent.1, bz#481 from Ralf Hauser; ok deraadt@
20040502
- (dtucker) OpenBSD CVS Sync
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- (djm) Trim deprecated options from INSTALL. Mention UsePAM
- (djm) Fix quote handling in sftp; Patch from admorten AT umich.edu
$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3350 2004/05/13 06:39:33 dtucker Exp $
$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3351 2004/05/13 06:45:46 dtucker Exp $

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.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.39 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.40 2004/05/13 02:47:50 dtucker Exp $
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@ -134,13 +134,25 @@ remote logins, and the user can thus use the privileges given by the
identities anywhere in the network in a secure way.
.Pp
There are two main ways to get an agent set up:
Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment
variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands
(either
The first is that the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment
variables are exported, eg
.Cm ssh-agent xterm & .
The second is that the agent prints the needed shell commands (either
.Xr sh 1
or
.Xr csh 1
syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell.
syntax can be generated) which can be evalled in the calling shell, eg
.Cm eval `ssh-agent -s`
for Bourne-type shells such as
.Xr sh 1
or
.Xr ksh 1
and
.Cm eval `ssh-agent -c`
for
.Xr csh 1
and derivatives.
.Pp
Later
.Xr ssh 1
looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent.