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.TH TLSCLIENT 1 .SH NAME tlsclient \- 9front tls client .SH SYNOPSIS .B tlsclient [ .B -bR ] [ .B -u .I user ] [ .B -h .I host ] [ .B -a .I auth ] .B -p .I port command... .SH DESCRIPTION .B Tlsclient may be used to establish encrypted tls tunnels with 9front .B tlssrv servers using p9any to derive pre-shared keys. The .BR -u , .BR -h , and .B -a flags configure the paramaters for authentication. These paramaters may also be configured through the .IR USER , .IR CPU , and .IR AUTH , environment variables respectively. .PP The .I command given is executed on the client, with its standard input and output pointing to the output and input of the remote connection. The .B -R flag changes this behavior, causing the .I command to be executed on the remote system in a similar fashion to 9front's rcpu. In this mode, if .I command is not specified a rc login shell is used. The .B -b flag causes tlsclient to fork into the background. .SH PASSWORDS By default .B tlsclient will ask for the users' password through .BR getpass (3). For non interactive use the .I PASS environment variable may be used to specify the password literal and .I TLSCLIENT_ASKPASS may be set to a program that will be executed to provide the password on stdout. .SH BUGS The lack of factotum and portable namespaces make this password business not fun.