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Diffstat (limited to 'rtty.1')
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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ .Nd limited but responsive remote shell .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl P .Op Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Pp @@ -22,7 +23,22 @@ uses the default line-editing capabilities of the terminal, user input is only sent to the remote server once a full line has been input. .Pp -All arguments are passed to +If the +.Fl P +flag is provided, +.Nm +will manually ask the user for a password and run +.Xr ssh 1 +using +.Xr sshpass 1 . +Otherwise, +.Xr ssh 1 +is launched in batch mode, +without the possibility of interactive password entry. +.Pp +All arguments except +.Fl P +are passed to .Xr ssh 1 . .Sh AUTHORS .Pp @@ -32,12 +48,6 @@ is written by John Ankarström .Sh BUGS .Pp .Nm -does not support interactive password input; -it is recommended that public key authentication be used, -in combination with -.Xr ssh-agent 1 . -.Pp -.Nm exits immediately on SIGINT; it is best used in conjunction with .Xr dtach 1 |