X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fman1%2Fmonkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1;h=c4196f2b4afbd392272e8dffa40856ec6ebcb9a9;hb=e4c99f298bd4e7451b3ba0a9d08a4eda9583d544;hp=63b5a5eb5962581e569a07cdbd359b067ed5d12d;hpb=ad0a9cc0958b30f5be851453ea22c151097fad0c;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 b/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 index 63b5a5e..c4196f2 100644 --- a/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 +++ b/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ .TH MONKEYSPHERE-SSH-PROXYCOMMAND "1" "June 2008" "monkeysphere 0.1" "User Commands" + .SH NAME + monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand \- MonkeySphere ssh ProxyCommand script -.PD + .SH DESCRIPTION -.PP + \fBmonkeysphere-ssh-proxy\fP is an ssh proxy command that can be used to trigger a monkeysphere update of the known_hosts file for the hosts that are being connected to. It is meant to be run as an ssh @@ -16,23 +18,36 @@ or by adding the following line to your ~/.ssh/config script: .B ProxyCommand monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p -The script is very simple, and can easily be incorporated into other -ProxyCommand scripts. All it does is first runs +The script can easily be incorporated into other ProxyCommand scripts +by calling it with the "--no-connect" option, ie: + +.B monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand --no-connect "$HOST" "$PORT" -.B monkeysphere update-known-hosts HOST +This will run everything but will not exec netcat to make the tcp +connection to the host. -and then +.SH KEYSERVER CHECKING -.B exec nc HOST PORT +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. -Run the following command for more info: +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES + +.TP +KEYSERVER The keyserver to query. -.B less $(which monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand) -.PD .SH AUTHOR + Written by Jameson Rollins -.PD + .SH SEE ALSO + .BR monkeypshere (1), .BR ssh (1), .BR gpg (1)