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| author | djm@openbsd.org <djm@openbsd.org> | 2020-01-25 23:33:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2020-01-26 10:34:50 +1100 |
| commit | 469df611f778eec5950d556aabfe1d4efc227915 (patch) | |
| tree | 615598fa1ad6ecd046651665251765c4913bc904 | |
| parent | de40876c4a5d7c519d3d7253557572fdfc13db76 (diff) | |
upstream: clarify that BatchMode applies to all interactive prompts
(e.g. host key confirmation) and not just password prompts.
OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 97b001883d89d3fb1620d2e6b747c14a26aa9818
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh_config.5 | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index 8c6660a9..84020d1d 100644 --- a/ssh_config.5 +++ b/ssh_config.5 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" (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 1.317 2020/01/25 07:09:14 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.318 2020/01/25 23:33:27 djm Exp $ .Dd $Mdocdate: January 25 2020 $ .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 .Os @@ -264,9 +264,11 @@ Valid arguments are .It Cm BatchMode If set to .Cm yes , -passphrase/password querying will be disabled. +user interaction such as password prompts and host key confirmation requests +will be disabled. This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user -is present to supply the password. +is present to interact with +.Xr ssh 1 . The argument must be .Cm yes or |