Escape ?, * and ! in .Ql for nroff compatibility. OpenSSH Portable Bug #550

and * escaping suggested by jmc@.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
index a99c4f16273..1d4e90fb2f8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8
@@ -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: sshd.8,v 1.194 2003/01/31 21:54:40 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.195 2003/04/30 01:16:20 mouring Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSHD 8
 .Os
@@ -429,13 +429,14 @@ that option keywords are case-insensitive):
 Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
 of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
 patterns
-.Pf ( Ql *
+.Pf ( 
+.Ql \&*
 and
-.Ql ?
+.Ql \&?
 serve as wildcards).
 The list may also contain
 patterns negated by prefixing them with
-.Ql ! ;
+.Ql \&! ;
 if the canonical host name matches a negated pattern, the key is not accepted.
 The purpose
 of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
@@ -524,12 +525,16 @@ Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
 bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
 The fields are separated by spaces.
 .Pp
-Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns ('*' and '?' act as
+Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns (
+.Ql \&* 
+and 
+.Ql \&? 
+act as
 wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
 name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
 name (when authenticating a server).
 A pattern may also be preceded by
-.Ql !
+.Ql \&!
 to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
 pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
 pattern on the line.