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author | Matt Goins <mjgoins@openflows.com> | 2009-01-31 21:29:41 -0500 |
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committer | Matt Goins <mjgoins@openflows.com> | 2009-01-31 21:29:41 -0500 |
commit | 487fffd53cd109fb7f6291735c1f5cb5a0df8eeb (patch) | |
tree | 523b61d283b400297fccc8e01d69e8d84ebfcbae /man/man1 | |
parent | 478cc34eee374166aae51f8598aa392e1fbfdde6 (diff) |
Removed obsolete man pages, split monkeysphere-server man page into two new ones.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/man1')
-rw-r--r-- | man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 | 73 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man1/monkeysphere.1 | 55 |
2 files changed, 53 insertions, 75 deletions
diff --git a/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 b/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 deleted file mode 100644 index 65edd0b..0000000 --- a/man/man1/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -.TH MONKEYSPHERE-SSH-PROXYCOMMAND "1" "June 2008" "monkeysphere 0.1" "User Commands" - -.SH NAME - -monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand \- MonkeySphere ssh ProxyCommand script - -.SH DESCRIPTION - -\fBmonkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand\fP is an ssh proxy command that can be used -to trigger a monkeysphere update of the ssh known_hosts file for a -host that is being connected to with ssh. This works by updating the -known_hosts file for the host first, before an attempted connection to -the host is made. Once the known_hosts file has been updated, a TCP -connection to the host is made by exec'ing netcat(1). Regular ssh -communication is then done over this netcat TCP connection (see -ProxyCommand in ssh_config(5) for more info). - -This command is meant to be run as the ssh "ProxyCommand". This can -either be done by specifying the proxy command on the command line: - -.B ssh -o ProxyCommand="monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p" ... - -or by adding the following line to your ~/.ssh/config script: - -.B ProxyCommand monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p - -The script can easily be incorporated into other ProxyCommand scripts -by calling it with the "--no-connect" option, i.e.: - -.B monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand --no-connect "$HOST" "$PORT" - -This will run everything except the final exec of netcat to make the -TCP connection to the host. In this way this command can be added to -another proxy command that does other stuff, and then makes the -connection to the host itself. - -.SH KEYSERVER CHECKING - -The proxy command has a fairly nuanced policy for when keyservers are -queried when processing a host. If the host userID is not found in -either the user's keyring or in the known_hosts file, then the -keyserver is queried for the host userID. If the host userID is found -in the user's keyring, then the keyserver is not checked. This -assumes that the keyring is kept up-to-date, in a cronjob or the like, -so that revocations are properly handled. If the host userID is not -found in the user's keyring, but the host is listed in the known_hosts -file, then the keyserver is not checked. This last policy might -change in the future, possibly by adding a deferred check, so that -hosts that go from non-monkeysphere-enabled to monkeysphere-enabled -will be properly checked. - -.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES - -All environment variables defined in monkeysphere(1) can also be used -for the proxy command, with one note: - -.TP -MONKEYSPHERE_CHECK_KEYSERVER -Setting this variable (to `true' or `false') will override the policy -defined in KEYSERVER CHECKING above. - -.SH AUTHOR - -Written by Jameson Rollins <jrollins@fifthhorseman.net> - -.SH SEE ALSO - -.BR monkeysphere (1), -.BR monkeysphere (7), -.BR ssh (1), -.BR ssh_config (5), -.BR netcat (1), -.BR gpg (1) diff --git a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 index 3ece735..1a52983 100644 --- a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 +++ b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 @@ -39,6 +39,54 @@ host, 1 if no matching keys were found at all, and 2 if matching keys were found but none were acceptable. `k' may be used in place of `update-known_hosts'. .TP +.B ssh-proxycommand +an ssh proxy command that can be used +to trigger a monkeysphere update of the ssh known_hosts file for a +host that is being connected to with ssh. This works by updating the +known_hosts file for the host first, before an attempted connection to +the host is made. Once the known_hosts file has been updated, a TCP +connection to the host is made by exec'ing netcat(1). Regular ssh +communication is then done over this netcat TCP connection (see +ProxyCommand in ssh_config(5) for more info). + +This command is meant to be run as the ssh "ProxyCommand". This can +either be done by specifying the proxy command on the command line: + +.B ssh -o ProxyCommand="monkeysphere ssh-proxycommand %h %p" ... + +or by adding the following line to your ~/.ssh/config script: + +.B ProxyCommand monkeysphere ssh-proxycommand %h %p + +The script can easily be incorporated into other ProxyCommand scripts +by calling it with the "--no-connect" option, i.e.: + +.B monkeysphere ssh-proxycommand --no-connect "$HOST" "$PORT" + +This will run everything except the final exec of netcat to make the +TCP connection to the host. In this way this command can be added to +another proxy command that does other stuff, and then makes the +connection to the host itself. + +KEYSERVER CHECKING: +The proxy command has a fairly nuanced policy for when keyservers are +queried when processing a host. If the host userID is not found in +either the user's keyring or in the known_hosts file, then the +keyserver is queried for the host userID. If the host userID is found +in the user's keyring, then the keyserver is not checked. This +assumes that the keyring is kept up-to-date, in a cronjob or the like, +so that revocations are properly handled. If the host userID is not +found in the user's keyring, but the host is listed in the known_hosts +file, then the keyserver is not checked. This last policy might +change in the future, possibly by adding a deferred check, so that +hosts that go from non-monkeysphere-enabled to monkeysphere-enabled +will be properly checked. + +Setting the MONKEYSPHERE_CHECK_KEYSERVER +variable (to `true' or `false') will override the keyserver-checking policy +defined above. + +.TP .B update-authorized_keys Update the authorized_keys file for the user executing the command (see MONKEYSPHERE_AUTHORIZED_KEYS in ENVIRONMENT, below). First all @@ -125,8 +173,11 @@ Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> .SH SEE ALSO -.BR monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand (1), -.BR monkeysphere-server (8), +\" DELETEME +\".BR monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand (1), +\".BR monkeysphere-server (8), +.BR monkeysphere-host (8), +.BR monkeysphere-authentication (8), .BR monkeysphere (7), .BR ssh (1), .BR ssh-add (1), |