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| author | Damien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-03-30 10:41:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Damien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-03-30 10:41:26 +0000 |
| commit | a22a73e0b27953cdbb5c3263a89a290b04e0f055 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ef0757fe4c5b1a2961a6ddecaf1f3e651e18de0 /usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 | |
| parent | 7eb9710e84a54498a77871f47feb8df3e857c43c (diff) | |
add percent escape chars to the IdentityFile option, bz #1159 based
on a patch by imaging AT math.ualberta.ca; feedback and ok dtucker@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 index 5b02ef821d2..9c621336e27 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 +++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 @@ -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_config.5,v 1.89 2006/03/14 16:32:48 markus Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.90 2006/03/30 10:41:25 djm Exp $ .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 .Os @@ -548,8 +548,21 @@ and for protocol version 2. Additionally, any identities represented by the authentication agent will be used for authentication. +.Pp The file name may use the tilde -syntax to refer to a user's home directory. +syntax to refer to a user's home directory or one of the following +escape characters: +.Ql %d +(local user's home directory), +.Ql %u +(local user name), +.Ql %l +(local host name), +.Ql %h +(remote host name) or +.Ql %h +(remote user name). +.Pp It is possible to have multiple identity files specified in configuration files; all these identities will be tried in sequence. |