X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fman1%2Fmonkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1;h=a31a9d1598b7f671dce9dca6916be9faed6275b9;hb=ed280485f20fc3d092202cd07bc0c9cd9665cd89;hp=c4196f2b4afbd392272e8dffa40856ec6ebcb9a9;hpb=e4c99f298bd4e7451b3ba0a9d08a4eda9583d544;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 b/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 index c4196f2..a31a9d1 100644 --- a/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 +++ b/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ or by adding the following line to your ~/.ssh/config script: .B ProxyCommand monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p The script can easily be incorporated into other ProxyCommand scripts -by calling it with the "--no-connect" option, ie: +by calling it with the "--no-connect" option, i.e.: .B monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand --no-connect "$HOST" "$PORT" @@ -32,15 +32,24 @@ The proxy command has a fairly nuanced policy for when keyservers are queried when processing host. If the host userID is not found in either the user's keyring or in the known_hosts file, then the keyserver is queried for the host userID. If the host userID is found -in the user's keyring, then the keyserver is not checked. This is -because... If the host userID is not found in the user's keyring, but -the host is listed in the known_hosts file, then defered check is -scheduled. +in the user's keyring, then the keyserver is not checked. This +assumes that the keyring is kept up-to-date, in a cron job or the +like, so that revocations are properly handled. If the host userID is +not found in the user's keyring, but the host is listed in the +known_hosts file, then the keyserver is not checked. This last policy +might change in the future, possibly by adding a deferred check, so +that hosts that go from non-monkeysphere-enabled to +monkeysphere-enabled will be properly checked. .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +All environment variables defined in monkeysphere(1) can also be used +for the proxycommand, with one note: + .TP -KEYSERVER The keyserver to query. +MONKEYSPHERE_CHECK_KEYSERVER +Setting this variable (to `true' or `false') will override the policy +defined in KEYSERVER CHECKING above. .SH AUTHOR @@ -48,6 +57,6 @@ Written by Jameson Rollins .SH SEE ALSO -.BR monkeypshere (1), +.BR monkeysphere (1), .BR ssh (1), .BR gpg (1)