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.Dd February 28, 2014 .Dt SSH-COPY-ID 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ssh-copy-id .Nd copy public keys to a remote host .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl lv .Op Fl i Ar keyfile .Op Fl o Ar option .Op Fl p Ar port .Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar hostname .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility copies public keys to a remote host's
a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file (creating the file and directory, if required).
p The following options are available: l -tag -width indent t Fl i Ar file Copy the public key contained in .Ar file . This option can be specified multiple times and can be combined with the .Fl l option. If a private key is specified and a public key is found then the public key will be used. t Fl l Copy the keys currently held by .Xr ssh-agent 1 . This is the default if the .Fl i option was not specified. t Fl o Ar ssh-option Pass this option directly to .Xr ssh 1 . This option can be specified multiple times. t Fl p Ar port Connect to the specified port on the remote host instead of the default. t Fl v Pass -v to .Xr ssh 1 . .El
p The remaining arguments are a list of remote hosts to connect to, each one optionally qualified by a user name. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES To send a specific key to multiple hosts: .Dl $ ssh-copy-id -i /path/to/keyfile.pub user@host1 user@host2 user@host3 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility was written by .An Eitan Adler Aq Mt eadler@FreeBSD.org as a drop-in replacement for an existing utility included with OpenSSH.