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authorDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-07-07 08:19:13 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-07-07 08:19:13 +0000
commitfdde723f789a176d8eb50f810fc60ba359c50e04 (patch)
tree97ed640a87e2e6893516f4db60ce667d327bb6c0
parentbffcfef59b9f7674bdc081cf6ab895cfd072198a (diff)
mention that ProxyCommand is executed using shell "exec" to avoid
a lingering process; bz#1977
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.511
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
index 81b20aa0942..71b9bdcc50a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
.\" (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_config.5,v 1.189 2014/07/03 07:45:27 jmc Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 3 2014 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.190 2014/07/07 08:19:12 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 7 2014 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1086,8 +1086,11 @@ The default is
.It Cm ProxyCommand
Specifies the command to use to connect to the server.
The command
-string extends to the end of the line, and is executed with
-the user's shell.
+string extends to the end of the line, and is executed
+using the user's shell
+.Ql exec
+directive to avoid a lingering shell process.
+.Pp
In the command string, any occurrence of
.Ql %h
will be substituted by the host name to