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authorMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2020-12-05 14:56:53 +0800
committerMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2020-12-05 14:56:53 +0800
commitd439ed26e41895acbfea932c369babff8f1cbb3a (patch)
tree99495a83b3722ce9f6c14e606799f07c5122346f
parentf9ff3fa23dec4b661e78a31accd56f5e8c3202d9 (diff)
Some minor manpage improvements
-rw-r--r--dbclient.123
-rw-r--r--dropbear.87
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/dbclient.1 b/dbclient.1
index 1516e7c..e55b45c 100644
--- a/dbclient.1
+++ b/dbclient.1
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dbclient \- lightweight SSH client
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dbclient
-is a small SSH client
+is the client part of Dropbear SSH
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.TP
@@ -44,27 +44,27 @@ from OpenSSH with dropbearconvert(1). The default path ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is use
.TP
.B \-L\fR [\fIlistenaddress\fR]:\fIlistenport\fR:\fIhost\fR:\fIport\fR
Local port forwarding.
-Forward the port
+Forward
.I listenport
-on the local host through the SSH connection to port
+on the local host through the SSH connection to
.I port
-on the host
+on
.IR host .
.TP
.B \-R\fR [\fIlistenaddress\fR]:\fIlistenport\fR:\fIhost\fR:\fIport\fR
Remote port forwarding.
-Forward the port
+Forward
.I listenport
-on the remote host through the SSH connection to port
+on the remote host through the SSH connection to
.I port
-on the host
+on
.IR host .
.TP
.B \-l \fIuser
Username.
Login as
.I user
-on the remote host.
+on the remote host. An alternative is to specify user@host.
.TP
.B \-t
Allocate a PTY. This is the default when no command is given, it gives a full
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ interactive remote session. The main effect is that keystrokes are sent remotely
immediately as opposed to local line-based editing.
.TP
.B \-T
-Don't allocate a PTY. This is the default a command is given. See -t.
+Don't allocate a PTY. This is the default when a command is given. See -t.
.TP
.B \-N
Don't request a remote shell or run any commands. Any command arguments are ignored.
@@ -149,10 +149,13 @@ The following options have currently been implemented:
.RS
.TP
.B ExitOnForwardFailure
-Specifies whether dbclient should terminate the connection if it cannot set up all requested local and remote port forwardings. The argument must be “yes” or “no”. The default is “no”.
+Specifies whether dbclient should terminate the connection if it cannot set up all requested local and remote port forwardings. The argument must be "yes" or "no". The default is "no".
.TP
.B UseSyslog
Send dbclient log messages to syslog in addition to stderr.
+.TP
+.B Port
+Specify a listening port, like the \fI-p\fR argument.
.RE
.TP
.B \-s
diff --git a/dropbear.8 b/dropbear.8
index 345954f..75b62b1 100644
--- a/dropbear.8
+++ b/dropbear.8
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ and TCP
.I port.
If just a port is given listen
on all addresses.
-up to 10 can be specified (default 22 if none specified).
+Up to 10 can be specified (default 22 if none specified).
.TP
.B \-i
Service program mode.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Ensure that traffic is transmitted at a certain interval in seconds. This is
useful for working around firewalls or routers that drop connections after
a certain period of inactivity. The trade-off is that a session may be
closed if there is a temporary lapse of network connectivity. A setting
-if 0 disables keepalives. If no response is received for 3 consecutive keepalives the connection will be closed.
+of 0 disables keepalives. If no response is received for 3 consecutive keepalives the connection will be closed.
.TP
.B \-I \fIidle_timeout
Disconnect the session if no traffic is transmitted or received for \fIidle_timeout\fR seconds.
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ Set the number of authentication attempts allowed per connection. If unspecified
.TP
.B \-c \fIforced_command
Disregard the command provided by the user and always run \fIforced_command\fR. This also
-overrides any authorized_keys command= option.
+overrides any authorized_keys command= option. The original command is saved in the
+SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND environment variable (see below).
.TP
.B \-V
Print the version