- stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org 2002/02/03 22:35:57

[openssh.git] / ssh.1

diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 740a29b5a6f7637109c104dd8ea557d4eb00523a..c44f4ae2c961f75fba8d3a1b722f8a250992668c 100644 (file)
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -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 1.142 2001/12/28 22:37:48 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.146 2002/02/03 22:35:57 stevesk Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ the password cannot be seen by someone listening on the network.
 .Pp
 .Ss SSH protocol version 2
 .Pp
-When a user connects using the protocol version 2
-different authentication methods are available.
+When a user connects using protocol version 2
+similar authentication methods are available.
 Using the default values for
 .Cm PreferredAuthentications ,
 the client will try to authenticate first using the hostbased method;
@@ -443,11 +443,15 @@ something like
 .It Fl g
 Allows remote hosts to connect to local forwarded ports.
 .It Fl i Ar identity_file
-Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for
+Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for
 RSA or DSA authentication is read.
-Default is
+The default is
 .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
-in the user's home directory.
+for protocol version 1, and
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
+and
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
+for protocol version 2.
 Identity files may also be specified on
 a per-host basis in the configuration file.
 It is possible to have multiple
@@ -900,7 +904,7 @@ is similar to
 Specifies the protocol version 2 host key algorithms
 that the client wants to use in order of preference.
 The default for this option is:
-.Dq ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
+.Dq ssh-rsa,ssh-dss .
 .It Cm HostKeyAlias
 Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the
 real host name when looking up or saving the host key
@@ -915,10 +919,14 @@ Numeric IP addresses are also permitted (both on the command line and in
 .Cm HostName
 specifications).
 .It Cm IdentityFile
-Specifies the file from which the user's RSA or DSA authentication identity
-is read (default
+Specifies a file from which the user's RSA or DSA authentication identity
+is read. The default is
 .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
-in the user's home directory).
+for protocol version 1, and
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
+and
+.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
+for protocol version 2.
 Additionally, any identities represented by the authentication agent
 will be used for authentication.
 The file name may use the tilde
@@ -927,7 +935,7 @@ It is possible to have
 multiple identity files specified in configuration files; all these
 identities will be tried in sequence.
 .It Cm KeepAlive
-Specifies whether the system should send keepalive messages to the
+Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive messages to the
 other side.
 If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one
 of the machines will be properly noticed.
@@ -942,8 +950,7 @@ if the network goes down or the remote host dies.
 This is important in scripts, and many users want it too.
 .Pp
 To disable keepalives, the value should be set to
-.Dq no
-in both the server and the client configuration files.
+.Dq no .
 .It Cm KerberosAuthentication
 Specifies whether Kerberos authentication will be used.
 The argument to this keyword must be
@@ -1014,7 +1021,7 @@ authentication methods. This allows a client to prefer one method (e.g.
 over another method (e.g.
 .Cm password )
 The default for this option is:
-.Dq hostbased,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
+.Dq hostbased,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password .
 .It Cm Protocol
 Specifies the protocol versions
 .Nm
@@ -1482,6 +1489,10 @@ Contains additional definitions for environment variables, see section
 .Sx ENVIRONMENT
 above.
 .El
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Nm
+exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255
+if an error occurred.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
 ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.