X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/78da49cbf2bfca5287c6d114f18bdc02cfb7340b..HEAD:/ssh-agent.1 diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1 index a95087da..8d1da46e 100644 --- a/ssh-agent.1 +++ b/ssh-agent.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.49 2009/10/22 15:02:12 sobrado Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.50 2010/01/17 21:49:09 tedu Exp $ .\" .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen , Espoo, Finland @@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ and .Pa ~/.ssh/identity . 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). +asks for the passphrase on the terminal if it has one or from a small X11 +program if running under X11. +If neither of these is the case then the authentication will fail. It then sends the identity to the agent. Several identities can be stored in the agent; the agent can automatically use any of these identities.