annotate dbclient.1 @ 447:278805938dcf

Patch from Nicolai Ehemann to try binding before going to the background, so that if it exits early (because something's already listening etc) then it will return an exitcode of 1.
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date Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:54:18 +0000
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1 .TH dbclient 1
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2 .SH NAME
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3 dbclient \- lightweight SSH2 client
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4 .SH SYNOPSIS
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5 .B dbclient
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6 [\-Tt] [\-p
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7 .I port\fR] [\-i
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8 .I id\fR] [\-L
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9 .I l\fR:\fIh\fR:\fIr\fR] [\-R
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10 .I l\fR:\fIh\fR:\fIr\fR] [\-l
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11 .IR user ]
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12 .I host
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13 .SH DESCRIPTION
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14 .B dbclient
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15 is a SSH 2 client designed to be small enough to be used in small memory
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16 environments, while still being functional and secure enough for general use.
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17 .SH OPTIONS
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18 .TP
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19 .B \-p \fIport
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20 Remote port.
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21 Connect to port
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22 .I port
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23 on the remote host.
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24 Default is 22.
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25 .TP
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26 .B \-i \fIidfile
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27 Identity file.
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28 Read the identity from file
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29 .I idfile
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30 (multiple allowed).
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31 .TP
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32 .B \-L \fIlistenport\fR:\fIhost\fR:\fIport\fR
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33 Local port forwarding.
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34 Forward the port
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35 .I listenport
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36 on the local host through the SSH connection to port
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37 .I port
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38 on the host
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39 .IR host .
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40 .TP
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41 .B \-R \fIlistenport\fR:\fIhost\fR:\fIport\fR
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42 Remote port forwarding.
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43 Forward the port
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44 .I listenport
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45 on the remote host through the SSH connection to port
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46 .I port
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47 on the host
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48 .IR host .
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49 .TP
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50 .B \-l \fIuser
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51 Username.
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52 Login as
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53 .I user
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54 on the remote host.
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55 .TP
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56 .B \-t
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57 Allocate a pty.
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58 .TP
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59 .B \-T
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60 Don't allocate a pty.
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61 .TP
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62 .B \-N
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63 Don't request a remote shell or run any commands. Any command arguments are ignored.
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65 .B \-f
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66 Fork into the background after authentication. A command argument (or -N) is required.
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67 This is useful when using password authentication.
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69 .B \-g
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70 Allow non-local hosts to connect to forwarded ports. Applies to -L and -R
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71 forwarded ports, though remote connections to -R forwarded ports may be limited
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72 by the ssh server.
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73 .TP
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74 .B \-y
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75 Always accept hostkeys if they are unknown. If a hostkey mismatch occurs the
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76 connection will abort as normal.
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77 .SH AUTHOR
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78 Matt Johnston ([email protected]).
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79 .br
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80 Gerrit Pape ([email protected]) wrote this manual page.
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81 .SH SEE ALSO
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82 dropbear(8), dropbearkey(8)
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83 .P
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84 http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html