SSH-ADD(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BSD General Commands Manual\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SSH-ADD(1)<\/p>\n
NAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
ssh-add \u2014 adds private key identities to the authentication agent<\/p>\n
SYNOPSIS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
ssh-add [-cDdkLlXx] [-t life] [file …]
\nssh-add -s pkcs11
\nssh-add -e pkcs11<\/p>\n
DESCRIPTION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
ssh-add adds private key identities to the authentication agent,
\nssh-agent(1).\u00a0 When run without arguments, it adds the files
\n~\/.ssh\/id_rsa, ~\/.ssh\/id_dsa, ~\/.ssh\/id_ecdsa, ~\/.ssh\/id_ed25519 and
\n~\/.ssh\/identity.\u00a0 After loading a private key, ssh-add will try to load
\ncorresponding certificate information from the filename obtained by
\nappending -cert.pub to the name of the private key file.\u00a0 Alternative
\nfile names can be given on the command line.<\/p>\n
If any file requires a passphrase, ssh-add asks for the passphrase from
\nthe user.\u00a0 The passphrase is read from the user’s tty.\u00a0 ssh-add retries
\nthe last passphrase if multiple identity files are given.<\/p>\n
The authentication agent must be running and the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environ\u2010
\nment variable must contain the name of its socket for ssh-add to work.<\/p>\n
The options are as follows:<\/p>\n
-c\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indicates that added identities should be subject to confirma\u2010
\ntion before being used for authentication.\u00a0 Confirmation is
\nperformed by the SSH_ASKPASS program mentioned below.\u00a0 Success\u2010
\nful confirmation is signaled by a zero exit status from the
\nSSH_ASKPASS program, rather than text entered into the
\nrequester.<\/p>\n
-D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deletes all identities from the agent.<\/p>\n
-d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instead of adding identities, removes identities from the
\nagent.\u00a0 If ssh-add has been run without arguments, the keys for
\nthe default identities and their corresponding certificates
\nwill be removed.\u00a0 Otherwise, the argument list will be inter\u2010
\npreted as a list of paths to public key files to specify keys
\nand certificates to be removed from the agent.\u00a0 If no public
\nkey is found at a given path, ssh-add will append .pub and
\nretry.<\/p>\n
-e pkcs11
\nRemove keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library pkcs11.<\/p>\n
-k\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When loading keys into or deleting keys from the agent, process
\nplain private keys only and skip certificates.<\/p>\n
-L\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lists public key parameters of all identities currently repre\u2010
\nsented by the agent.<\/p>\n
-l\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by
\nthe agent.<\/p>\n
-s pkcs11
\nAdd keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library pkcs11.<\/p>\n
-t life
\nSet a maximum lifetime when adding identities to an agent.\u00a0 The
\nlifetime may be specified in seconds or in a time format speci\u2010
\nfied in sshd_config(5).<\/p>\n
-X\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unlock the agent.<\/p>\n
-x\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lock the agent with a password.<\/p>\n
ENVIRONMENT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
DISPLAY and SSH_ASKPASS
\nIf ssh-add needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from
\nthe current terminal if it was run from a terminal.\u00a0 If ssh-add
\ndoes not have a terminal associated with it but DISPLAY and
\nSSH_ASKPASS are set, it will execute the program specified by
\nSSH_ASKPASS and open an X11 window to read the passphrase.
\nThis is particularly useful when calling ssh-add from a
\n.xsession or related script.\u00a0 (Note that on some machines it
\nmay be necessary to redirect the input from \/dev\/null to make
\nthis work.)<\/p>\n
SSH_AUTH_SOCK
\nIdentifies the path of a UNIX-domain socket used to communicate
\nwith the agent.<\/p>\n
FILES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
~\/.ssh\/identity
\nContains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of
\nthe user.<\/p>\n
~\/.ssh\/id_dsa
\nContains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of
\nthe user.<\/p>\n
~\/.ssh\/id_ecdsa
\nContains the protocol version 2 ECDSA authentication identity
\nof the user.<\/p>\n
~\/.ssh\/id_ed25519
\nContains the protocol version 2 ED25519 authentication identity
\nof the user.<\/p>\n
~\/.ssh\/id_rsa
\nContains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of
\nthe user.<\/p>\n
Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user.\u00a0 Note
\nthat ssh-add ignores identity files if they are accessible by others.<\/p>\n
EXIT STATUS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails, and 2 if
\nssh-add is unable to contact the authentication agent.<\/p>\n
SEE ALSO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8)<\/p>\n
AUTHORS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by
\nTatu Ylonen.\u00a0 Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
\nTheo de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features
\nand created OpenSSH.\u00a0 Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
\nprotocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.<\/p>\n
COLOPHON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 top<\/p>\n
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