-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.14 2000/08/19 21:34:43 markus Exp $
-.\"
-.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.\"
-.\" ssh-agent.1
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.21 2001/02/08 19:22:38 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
-.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
.\" All rights reserved
.\"
-.\" Created: Sat Apr 23 20:10:43 1995 ylo
+.\" As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software
+.\" can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this
+.\" software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is
+.\" incompatible with the protocol description in the RFC file, it must be
+.\" called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell".
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999,2000 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Aaron Campbell. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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.\"
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH-AGENT 1
.Nd authentication agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ssh-agent
-.Op Fl c Li | Fl s
-.Op Fl k
-.Oo
.Ar command
-.Op Ar args ...
-.Oc
+.Ar args ...
+.Nm ssh-agent
+.Op Fl c Li | Fl s
+.Nm ssh-agent
+.Fl k
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
at login time.
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
-.Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> ,
+.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid>
Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the
authentication agent.
These sockets should only be readable by the owner.
The sockets should get automatically removed when the agent exits.
.El
-.Sh AUTHOR
-Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
-.Pp
-OpenSSH
-is a derivative of the original (free) ssh 1.2.12 release, but with bugs
-removed and newer features re-added.
-Rapidly after the 1.2.12 release,
-newer versions bore successively more restrictive licenses.
-This version of OpenSSH
-.Bl -bullet
-.It
-has all components of a restrictive nature (i.e., patents)
-directly removed from the source code; any licensed or patented components
-are chosen from
-external libraries.
-.It
-has been updated to support ssh protocol 1.5.
-.It
-contains added support for
-.Xr kerberos 8
-authentication and ticket passing.
-.It
-supports one-time password authentication with
-.Xr skey 1 .
-.El
-.Pp
+.Sh AUTHORS
+OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
+ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
+Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
+Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
+removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
+created OpenSSH.
+Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
+protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ssh 1 ,
.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
-.Xr sshd 8 ,
+.Xr sshd 8
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