From a97603d0039934ae6db68a7a2f73090c9256afb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Johnston Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:25:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add SSH_ASKPASS and DROPBEAR_PASSWORD to the dbclient manpage --HG-- extra : convert_revision : ecc0009ef2a41ba548230efd0fbb1ea74e973f1b --- dbclient.1 | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/dbclient.1 b/dbclient.1 index e72f249..033672d 100644 --- a/dbclient.1 +++ b/dbclient.1 @@ -86,6 +86,19 @@ 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. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +.B SSH_ASKPASS +dbclient can use an external program to request a password from a user. +SSH_ASKPASS should be set to the path of a program that will return a password +on standard output. This program will only be used if either DISPLAY is set and +standard input is not a TTY, or the environment variable SSH_ASKPASS_ALWAYS is +set. +.TP +.B DROPBEAR_PASSWORD +A password to use for remote authentication can be specified in the environment +variable DROPBEAR_PASSWORD. Care should be taken that the password is not +exposed to other users on a multi-user system, or stored in accessible files. .SH AUTHOR Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au). .br