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-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.144 2002/01/16 17:42:33 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.146 2002/02/03 22:35:57 stevesk Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
.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;
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.
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
.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.