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version 1.17, 2000/09/07 20:27:53 version 1.17.2.6, 2002/03/08 17:04:43
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   .\"     $OpenBSD$
   .\"
 .\"  -*- nroff -*-  .\"  -*- nroff -*-
 .\"  .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>  .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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 .\" called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell".  .\" called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell".
 .\"  .\"
 .\"  .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999,2000 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved.  .\" Copyright (c) 1999,2000 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Aaron Campbell. All rights reserved.  .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Aaron Campbell.  All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt. All rights reserved.  .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt.  All rights reserved.
 .\"  .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without  .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions  .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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 .Os  .Os
 .Sh NAME  .Sh NAME
 .Nm ssh-add  .Nm ssh-add
 .Nd adds RSA or DSA identities for the authentication agent  .Nd adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm ssh-add  .Nm ssh-add
 .Op Fl lLdD  .Op Fl lLdD
 .Op Ar  .Op Ar
   .Nm ssh-add
   .Fl s Ar reader
   .Nm ssh-add
   .Fl e Ar reader
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm  .Nm
 adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent,  adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent,
 .Xr ssh-agent 1 .  .Xr ssh-agent 1 .
 When run without arguments, it adds the file  When run without arguments, it adds the files
   .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa ,
   .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
   and
 .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity .  .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity .
 Alternative file names can be given on the command line.  Alternative file names can be given on the command line.
 If any file requires a passphrase,  If any file requires a passphrase,
 .Nm  .Nm
 asks for the passphrase from the user.  asks for the passphrase from the user.
 The Passphrase it is read from the user's tty.  The passphrase is read from the user's tty.
   .Nm
   retries the last passphrase if multiple identity files are given.
 .Pp  .Pp
 The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of  The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of
 the current process for  the current process for
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 Instead of adding the identity, removes the identity from the agent.  Instead of adding the identity, removes the identity from the agent.
 .It Fl D  .It Fl D
 Deletes all identities from the agent.  Deletes all identities from the agent.
   .It Fl s Ar reader
   Add key in smartcard
   .Ar reader .
   .It Fl e Ar reader
   Remove key in smartcard
   .Ar reader .
 .El  .El
 .Sh FILES  .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity  .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
 Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user.  Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user.
 This file should not be readable by anyone but the user.  
 Note that  
 .Nm  
 ignores this file if it is accessible by others.  
 It is possible to  
 specify a passphrase when generating the key; that passphrase will be  
 used to encrypt the private part of this file.  
 This is the default file added by  
 .Nm  
 when no other files have been specified.  
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa  .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
 Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.  Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.
   .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
   Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user.
 .El  .El
   .Pp
   Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user.
   Note that
   .Nm
   ignores identity files if they are accessible by others.
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT  .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS"  .It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS"
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 .Pa /dev/null  .Pa /dev/null
 to make this work.)  to make this work.)
 .El  .El
 .Sh AUTHOR  .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>  Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails,
 .Pp  and 2 if
 OpenSSH  .Nm
 is a derivative of the original (free) ssh 1.2.12 release, but with bugs  is unable to contact the authentication agent.
 removed and newer features re-added.  .Sh AUTHORS
 Rapidly after the 1.2.12 release,  OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
 newer versions bore successively more restrictive licenses.  ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
 This version of OpenSSH  Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
 .Bl -bullet  Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
 .It  removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
 has all components of a restrictive nature (i.e., patents, see  created OpenSSH.
 .Xr ssl 8 )  Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
 directly removed from the source code; any licensed or patented components  protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
 are chosen from  
 external libraries.  
 .It  
 has been updated to support ssh protocol 1.5.  
 .It  
 contains added support for  
 .Xr kerberos 8  
 authentication and ticket passing.  
 .It  
 supports one-time password authentication with  
 .Xr skey 1 .  
 .El  
 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ssh 1 ,  .Xr ssh 1 ,
 .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,  .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
 .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,  .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
 .Xr sshd 8 ,  .Xr sshd 8
 .Xr ssl 8  
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