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authorMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2008-11-11 14:08:48 +0000
committerMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2008-11-11 14:08:48 +0000
commit4fc5a52850a937f1d190eeca2f12108b7d78ecdf (patch)
treedf4ff86de7eaa2146a7ed34387c890da62105f9c /dbclient.1
parentd005aa139ee347e3c335e425578ea5f40b009c2a (diff)
- Bump to 0.52
- Clarify that hosts are resolved on the remote end for multihop --HG-- extra : convert_revision : acde944b3ea0b8f673c276d2921c6bb3ede8ddde
Diffstat (limited to 'dbclient.1')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dbclient.1 b/dbclient.1
index 4ab786e..96e6c5c 100644
--- a/dbclient.1
+++ b/dbclient.1
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Use the standard input/output of the program \fIproxy_command\fR rather than usi
a normal TCP connection. A hostname should be still be provided, as this is used for
comparing saved hostkeys.
.TP
-.B \B \fIendhost:endport
+.B \-B \fIendhost:endport
"Netcat-alike" mode, where Dropbear will connect to the given host, then create a
forwarded connection to \fIendhost\fR. This will then be presented as dbclient's
standard input/output.
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ ssh/rsh command). A file can be "bounced" through multiple SSH hops, eg
scp -S dbclient matt@martello,root@wrt,canyons:/tmp/dump .
+Note that hostnames are resolved by the prior hop (so "canyons" would be resolved by the host "wrt")
+in the example above, the same way as other -L TCP forwarded hosts are. Host keys are
+checked locally based on the given hostname.
+
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B DROPBEAR_PASSWORD