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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-add.0')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh-add.0 | 32 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-add.0 b/ssh-add.0 index 706bfe661027..2ef6c3da298d 100644 --- a/ssh-add.0 +++ b/ssh-add.0 @@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ NAME ssh-add M-bM-^@M-^S adds private key identities to the authentication agent SYNOPSIS - ssh-add [-cDdkLlXx] [-E fingerprint_hash] [-t life] [file ...] + ssh-add [-cDdkLlqXx] [-E fingerprint_hash] [-t life] [file ...] ssh-add -s pkcs11 ssh-add -e pkcs11 DESCRIPTION ssh-add adds private key identities to the authentication agent, ssh-agent(1). When run without arguments, it adds the files - ~/.ssh/id_rsa, ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and - ~/.ssh/identity. After loading a private key, ssh-add will try to load - corresponding certificate information from the filename obtained by - appending -cert.pub to the name of the private key file. Alternative - file names can be given on the command line. + ~/.ssh/id_rsa, ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa, and ~/.ssh/id_ed25519. + After loading a private key, ssh-add will try to load corresponding + certificate information from the filename obtained by appending -cert.pub + to the name of the private key file. Alternative file names can be given + on the command line. If any file requires a passphrase, ssh-add asks for the passphrase from the user. The passphrase is read from the user's tty. ssh-add retries @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ DESCRIPTION -l Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by the agent. + -q Be quiet after a successful operation. + -s pkcs11 Add keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library pkcs11. @@ -89,25 +91,17 @@ ENVIRONMENT with the agent. FILES - ~/.ssh/identity - Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of - the user. - ~/.ssh/id_dsa - Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of - the user. + Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user. ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa - Contains the protocol version 2 ECDSA authentication identity of - the user. + Contains the ECDSA authentication identity of the user. ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 - Contains the protocol version 2 Ed25519 authentication identity - of the user. + Contains the Ed25519 authentication identity of the user. ~/.ssh/id_rsa - Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of - the user. + Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user. Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user. Note that ssh-add ignores identity files if they are accessible by others. @@ -126,4 +120,4 @@ AUTHORS created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. -OpenBSD 6.0 March 30, 2015 OpenBSD 6.0 +OpenBSD 6.2 August 29, 2017 OpenBSD 6.2 |