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upstream: clarify that BatchMode applies to all interactive prompts
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(e.g. host key confirmation) and not just password prompts.

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djmdjm committed Jan 25, 2020
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.317 2020/01/25 07:09:14 tedu Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.318 2020/01/25 23:33:27 djm Exp $
.Dd $Mdocdate: January 25 2020 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
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.It Cm BatchMode
If set to
.Cm yes ,
passphrase/password querying will be disabled.
user interaction such as password prompts and host key confirmation requests
will be disabled.
This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user
is present to supply the password.
is present to interact with
.Xr ssh 1 .
The argument must be
.Cm yes
or
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