From 6fb983c3e497dcc8d8b000e9064bb43b10be29c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 00:31:26 +0100
Subject: Added support for ssh_no_exec config file variable

---
 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

(limited to 'README.md')

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 793c0f1..6c7e381 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool. It's a RANCID replacemen
 6. [Cookbook](#cookbook)
     * [Debugging](#debugging)
     * [Privileged mode](#privileged-mode)
+    * [Disabling SSH exec channels](#disabling-ssh-exec-channels)
     * [Source: CSV](#source-csv)
     * [Source: SQLite](#source-sqlite)
     * [Source: HTTP](#source-http)
@@ -332,6 +333,16 @@ The above strips out snmp community strings from your saved configs.
 
 **NOTE:** Removing secrets reduces the usefulness as a full configuration backup, but it may make sharing configs easier.
 
+### Disabling SSH exec channels
+
+Oxidized uses exec channels to make information extraction simpler, but there are some situations where this doesn't work well, e.g. configuring devices.  This feature can be turned off by setting the ```ssh_no_exec```
+variable.
+
+```
+vars:
+  ssh_no_exec: true
+```
+
 ### Source: CSV
 
 One line per device, colon seperated.
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