-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.10 2000/03/23 21:10:10 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.12 2000/05/03 18:04:39 markus Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
.Nm ssh-agent
.Nd authentication agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm ssh-agent
+.Nm ssh-agent
.Op Fl c Li | Fl s
.Op Fl k
.Oo
.Ar command
.Op Ar args ...
.Oc
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-is a program to hold authentication private keys.
+is a program to hold private keys used for RSA authentication.
The idea is that
.Nm
is started in the beginning of an X-session or a login session, and
The agent initially does not have any private keys.
Keys are added using
.Xr ssh-add 1 .
-When executed without arguments,
+When executed without arguments,
.Xr ssh-add 1
-adds the
+adds the
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
file.
-If the identity has a passphrase,
+If the identity has a passphrase,
.Xr ssh-add 1
asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running
under X11, or from the terminal if running without X).
This version of OpenSSH
.Bl -bullet
.It
-has all components of a restrictive nature (i.e., patents, see
-.Xr ssl 8 )
+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
+contains added support for
.Xr kerberos 8
authentication and ticket passing.
.It
.Xr skey 1 .
.El
.Pp
-The libraries described in
-.Xr ssl 8
-are required for proper operation.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ssh 1 ,
.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
.Xr sshd 8 ,
-.Xr ssl 8