| ssh-add.1 (57429) | ssh-add.1 (58582) |
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| 1.\" -*- nroff -*- 2.\" 3.\" ssh-add.1 4.\" 5.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 6.\" 7.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland 8.\" All rights reserved 9.\" 10.\" Created: Sat Apr 22 23:55:14 1995 ylo 11.\" | 1.\" -*- nroff -*- 2.\" 3.\" ssh-add.1 4.\" 5.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 6.\" 7.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland 8.\" All rights reserved 9.\" 10.\" Created: Sat Apr 22 23:55:14 1995 ylo 11.\" |
| 12.\" $Id: ssh-add.1,v 1.10 2000/01/22 02:17:50 aaron Exp $ | 12.\" $Id: ssh-add.1,v 1.11 2000/03/23 21:11:38 aaron Exp $ |
| 13.\" 14.Dd September 25, 1999 15.Dt SSH-ADD 1 16.Os 17.Sh NAME 18.Nm ssh-add 19.Nd adds identities for the authentication agent 20.Sh SYNOPSIS 21.Nm ssh-add 22.Op Fl lLdD 23.Op Ar 24.Sh DESCRIPTION 25.Nm 26adds identities to the authentication agent, 27.Xr ssh-agent 1 . 28When run without arguments, it adds the file 29.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity . | 13.\" 14.Dd September 25, 1999 15.Dt SSH-ADD 1 16.Os 17.Sh NAME 18.Nm ssh-add 19.Nd adds identities for the authentication agent 20.Sh SYNOPSIS 21.Nm ssh-add 22.Op Fl lLdD 23.Op Ar 24.Sh DESCRIPTION 25.Nm 26adds identities to the authentication agent, 27.Xr ssh-agent 1 . 28When run without arguments, it adds the file 29.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity . |
| 30Alternative file names can be given on the 31command line. If any file requires a passphrase, | 30Alternative file names can be given on the command line. 31If any file requires a passphrase, |
| 32.Nm 33asks for the passphrase from the user. | 32.Nm 33asks for the passphrase from the user. |
| 34The Passphrase it is read from the user's tty. | 34The Passphrase it is read from the user's tty. |
| 35.Pp 36The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of 37the current process for 38.Nm 39to work. 40.Pp 41The options are as follows: 42.Bl -tag -width Ds --- 4 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 47.It Fl d 48Instead of adding the identity, removes the identity from the agent. 49.It Fl D 50Deletes all identities from the agent. 51.El 52.Sh FILES 53.Bl -tag -width Ds 54.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity | 35.Pp 36The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of 37the current process for 38.Nm 39to work. 40.Pp 41The options are as follows: 42.Bl -tag -width Ds --- 4 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 47.It Fl d 48Instead of adding the identity, removes the identity from the agent. 49.It Fl D 50Deletes all identities from the agent. 51.El 52.Sh FILES 53.Bl -tag -width Ds 54.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity |
| 55Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user. This file 56should not be readable by anyone but the user. | 55Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user. 56This file should not be readable by anyone but the user. |
| 57Note that 58.Nm 59ignores this file if it is accessible by others. 60It is possible to 61specify a passphrase when generating the key; that passphrase will be | 57Note that 58.Nm 59ignores this file if it is accessible by others. 60It is possible to 61specify a passphrase when generating the key; that passphrase will be |
| 62used to encrypt the private part of this file. This is the 63default file added by | 62used to encrypt the private part of this file. 63This is the default file added by |
| 64.Nm 65when no other files have been specified. 66.Pp 67.Sh ENVIRONMENT 68.Bl -tag -width Ds 69.It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS" 70If 71.Nm 72needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the current | 64.Nm 65when no other files have been specified. 66.Pp 67.Sh ENVIRONMENT 68.Bl -tag -width Ds 69.It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS" 70If 71.Nm 72needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the current |
| 73terminal if it was run from a terminal. If | 73terminal if it was run from a terminal. 74If |
| 74.Nm 75does not have a terminal associated with it but 76.Ev DISPLAY 77and 78.Ev SSH_ASKPASS 79are set, it will execute the program specified by 80.Ev SSH_ASKPASS | 75.Nm 76does not have a terminal associated with it but 77.Ev DISPLAY 78and 79.Ev SSH_ASKPASS 80are set, it will execute the program specified by 81.Ev SSH_ASKPASS |
| 81and open an X11 window to read the passphrase. This is particularly 82useful when calling | 82and open an X11 window to read the passphrase. 83This is particularly useful when calling |
| 83.Nm 84from a 85.Pa .Xsession | 84.Nm 85from a 86.Pa .Xsession |
| 86or related script. (Note that on some machines it | 87or related script. 88(Note that on some machines it |
| 87may be necessary to redirect the input from 88.Pa /dev/null 89to make this work.) 90.Sh AUTHOR 91Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 92.Pp 93OpenSSH 94is a derivative of the original (free) ssh 1.2.12 release, but with bugs | 89may be necessary to redirect the input from 90.Pa /dev/null 91to make this work.) 92.Sh AUTHOR 93Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 94.Pp 95OpenSSH 96is a derivative of the original (free) ssh 1.2.12 release, but with bugs |
| 95removed and newer features re-added. Rapidly after the 1.2.12 release, 96newer versions bore successively more restrictive licenses. This version 97of OpenSSH | 97removed and newer features re-added. 98Rapidly after the 1.2.12 release, 99newer versions bore successively more restrictive licenses. 100This version of OpenSSH |
| 98.Bl -bullet 99.It 100has all components of a restrictive nature (i.e., patents, see 101.Xr ssl 8 ) 102directly removed from the source code; any licensed or patented components 103are chosen from 104external libraries. 105.It --- 19 unchanged lines hidden --- | 101.Bl -bullet 102.It 103has all components of a restrictive nature (i.e., patents, see 104.Xr ssl 8 ) 105directly removed from the source code; any licensed or patented components 106are chosen from 107external libraries. 108.It --- 19 unchanged lines hidden --- |