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Diffstat (limited to 'dbclient.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | dbclient.1 | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dbclient \- lightweight SSH2 client .B dbclient [ .I args ] -.I [user1]@host1[/port1],[user2]@host2[/port2],... +.I [user1]@host1[%port1],[user2]@host2[%port2],... .SH DESCRIPTION .B dbclient @@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ environments, while still being functional and secure enough for general use. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-p \fIport -Remote port. -Connect to port +Connect to .I port -on the remote host. +on the remote host. Alternatively a port can be specified as hostname%port. Default is 22. .TP .B \-i \fIidfile @@ -61,10 +60,10 @@ Login as on the remote host. .TP .B \-t -Allocate a pty. +Allocate a PTY. .TP .B \-T -Don't allocate a pty. +Don't allocate a PTY. .TP .B \-N Don't request a remote shell or run any commands. Any command arguments are ignored. @@ -80,7 +79,8 @@ by the ssh server. .TP .B \-y Always accept hostkeys if they are unknown. If a hostkey mismatch occurs the -connection will abort as normal. +connection will abort as normal. If specified a second time no host key checking +is performed at all, this is usually undesirable. .TP .B \-A Forward agent connections to the remote host. dbclient will use any @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Dropbear will also allow multiple "hops" to be specified, separated by commas. I this case a connection will be made to the first host, then a TCP forwarded connection will be made through that to the second host, and so on. Hosts other than the final destination will not see anything other than the encrypted SSH stream. -A port for a host can be specified with a slash (eg matt@martello/44 ). +A port for a host can be specified with a hash (eg matt@martello%44 ). This syntax can also be used with scp or rsync (specifying dbclient as the ssh/rsh command). A file can be "bounced" through multiple SSH hops, eg @@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ Note that hostnames are resolved by the prior hop (so "canyons" would be resolve 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 ESCAPE CHARACTERS +Typing a newline followed by the key sequence \fI~.\fR (tilde, dot) will terminate a connection. +The sequence \fI~^Z\fR (tilde, ctrl-z) will background the connection. This behaviour only +applies when a PTY is used. + .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .B DROPBEAR_PASSWORD |