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Diffstat (limited to 'dbclient.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | dbclient.1 | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -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 |