Annotation of src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1, Revision 1.55
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1.55 ! jmc 38: .Dd $Mdocdate: September 4 2010 $
1.2 deraadt 39: .Dt SSH-ADD 1
40: .Os
41: .Sh NAME
42: .Nm ssh-add
1.53 djm 43: .Nd adds private key identities to the authentication agent
1.2 deraadt 44: .Sh SYNOPSIS
45: .Nm ssh-add
1.42 jmc 46: .Op Fl cDdLlXx
1.33 markus 47: .Op Fl t Ar life
1.2 deraadt 48: .Op Ar
1.26 jakob 49: .Nm ssh-add
1.50 jmc 50: .Fl s Ar pkcs11
1.26 jakob 51: .Nm ssh-add
1.50 jmc 52: .Fl e Ar pkcs11
1.12 aaron 53: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.2 deraadt 54: .Nm
1.53 djm 55: adds private key identities to the authentication agent,
1.2 deraadt 56: .Xr ssh-agent 1 .
1.28 djm 57: When run without arguments, it adds the files
1.43 djm 58: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa ,
1.53 djm 59: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
60: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
1.28 djm 61: and
1.43 djm 62: .Pa ~/.ssh/identity .
1.52 djm 63: After loading a private key,
64: .Nm
65: will try to load corresponding certificate information from the
66: filename obtained by appending
67: .Pa -cert.pub
68: to the name of the private key file.
1.11 aaron 69: Alternative file names can be given on the command line.
1.52 djm 70: .Pp
1.11 aaron 71: If any file requires a passphrase,
1.2 deraadt 72: .Nm
1.12 aaron 73: asks for the passphrase from the user.
1.25 stevesk 74: The passphrase is read from the user's tty.
1.23 markus 75: .Nm
76: retries the last passphrase if multiple identity files are given.
1.2 deraadt 77: .Pp
1.40 matthieu 78: The authentication agent must be running and the
79: .Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
80: environment variable must contain the name of its socket for
1.2 deraadt 81: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 82: to work.
1.2 deraadt 83: .Pp
84: The options are as follows:
85: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.36 markus 86: .It Fl c
87: Indicates that added identities should be subject to confirmation before
1.38 jmc 88: being used for authentication.
89: Confirmation is performed by the
1.36 markus 90: .Ev SSH_ASKPASS
1.38 jmc 91: program mentioned below.
92: Successful confirmation is signaled by a zero exit status from the
1.36 markus 93: .Ev SSH_ASKPASS
94: program, rather than text entered into the requester.
1.42 jmc 95: .It Fl D
96: Deletes all identities from the agent.
97: .It Fl d
1.46 jmc 98: Instead of adding identities, removes identities from the agent.
1.45 djm 99: If
100: .Nm
1.46 jmc 101: has been run without arguments, the keys for the default identities will
1.45 djm 102: be removed.
103: Otherwise, the argument list will be interpreted as a list of paths to
104: public key files and matching keys will be removed from the agent.
105: If no public key is found at a given path,
106: .Nm
107: will append
108: .Pa .pub
109: and retry.
1.49 markus 110: .It Fl e Ar pkcs11
1.51 markus 111: Remove keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library
1.49 markus 112: .Ar pkcs11 .
1.42 jmc 113: .It Fl L
114: Lists public key parameters of all identities currently represented
115: by the agent.
116: .It Fl l
117: Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by the agent.
1.49 markus 118: .It Fl s Ar pkcs11
1.51 markus 119: Add keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library
1.49 markus 120: .Ar pkcs11 .
1.42 jmc 121: .It Fl t Ar life
122: Set a maximum lifetime when adding identities to an agent.
123: The lifetime may be specified in seconds or in a time format
124: specified in
125: .Xr sshd_config 5 .
126: .It Fl X
127: Unlock the agent.
128: .It Fl x
129: Lock the agent with a password.
1.2 deraadt 130: .El
1.9 markus 131: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
132: .Bl -tag -width Ds
133: .It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS"
1.1 deraadt 134: If
1.2 deraadt 135: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 136: needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the current
1.11 aaron 137: terminal if it was run from a terminal.
138: If
1.2 deraadt 139: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 140: does not have a terminal associated with it but
1.2 deraadt 141: .Ev DISPLAY
1.8 markus 142: and
143: .Ev SSH_ASKPASS
144: are set, it will execute the program specified by
145: .Ev SSH_ASKPASS
1.11 aaron 146: and open an X11 window to read the passphrase.
147: This is particularly useful when calling
1.2 deraadt 148: .Nm
149: from a
1.41 jmc 150: .Pa .xsession
1.11 aaron 151: or related script.
152: (Note that on some machines it
1.2 deraadt 153: may be necessary to redirect the input from
154: .Pa /dev/null
155: to make this work.)
1.31 markus 156: .It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
1.47 sobrado 157: Identifies the path of a
1.48 sobrado 158: .Ux Ns -domain
159: socket used to communicate with the agent.
1.16 itojun 160: .El
1.39 jmc 161: .Sh FILES
162: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.43 djm 163: .It Pa ~/.ssh/identity
1.39 jmc 164: Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user.
1.43 djm 165: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
1.39 jmc 166: Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.
1.53 djm 167: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
168: Contains the protocol version 2 ECDSA authentication identity of the user.
1.43 djm 169: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
1.39 jmc 170: Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user.
171: .El
172: .Pp
173: Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user.
174: Note that
175: .Nm
176: ignores identity files if they are accessible by others.
1.54 jmc 177: .Sh EXIT STATUS
1.29 markus 178: Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails,
179: and 2 if
180: .Nm
181: is unable to contact the authentication agent.
1.39 jmc 182: .Sh SEE ALSO
183: .Xr ssh 1 ,
184: .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
185: .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
186: .Xr sshd 8
1.18 aaron 187: .Sh AUTHORS
1.19 markus 188: OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
189: ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
190: Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
191: Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
192: removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
193: created OpenSSH.
194: Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
195: protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
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