-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.47 2009/03/26 08:38:39 sobrado Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.49 2009/10/22 15:02:12 sobrado Exp $
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a Ar bind_address
-Bind the agent to the unix-domain socket
+Bind the agent to the
+.Ux Ns -domain
+socket
.Ar bind_address .
The default is
.Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt .
by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester.
This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent.
.Pp
-A unix-domain socket is created
-and the name of this socket is stored in the
+A
+.Ux Ns -domain
+socket is created and the name of this socket is stored in the
.Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
environment
variable.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user.
.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt
-Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the
-authentication agent.
+.Ux Ns -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