Annotation of src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1, Revision 1.68
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1.68 ! jmc 38: .Dd $Mdocdate: January 20 2019 $
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
1.68 ! jmc 46: .Op Fl cDdkLlqXx
1.61 djm 47: .Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
1.33 markus 48: .Op Fl t Ar life
1.2 deraadt 49: .Op Ar
1.26 jakob 50: .Nm ssh-add
1.50 jmc 51: .Fl s Ar pkcs11
1.26 jakob 52: .Nm ssh-add
1.50 jmc 53: .Fl e Ar pkcs11
1.67 djm 54: .Nm ssh-add
55: .Fl T
1.68 ! jmc 56: .Ar pubkey ...
1.12 aaron 57: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.2 deraadt 58: .Nm
1.53 djm 59: adds private key identities to the authentication agent,
1.2 deraadt 60: .Xr ssh-agent 1 .
1.28 djm 61: When run without arguments, it adds the files
1.43 djm 62: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa ,
1.53 djm 63: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
1.59 naddy 64: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa ,
1.28 djm 65: and
1.63 jmc 66: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 .
1.52 djm 67: After loading a private key,
68: .Nm
69: will try to load corresponding certificate information from the
70: filename obtained by appending
71: .Pa -cert.pub
72: to the name of the private key file.
1.11 aaron 73: Alternative file names can be given on the command line.
1.52 djm 74: .Pp
1.11 aaron 75: If any file requires a passphrase,
1.2 deraadt 76: .Nm
1.12 aaron 77: asks for the passphrase from the user.
1.25 stevesk 78: The passphrase is read from the user's tty.
1.23 markus 79: .Nm
80: retries the last passphrase if multiple identity files are given.
1.2 deraadt 81: .Pp
1.40 matthieu 82: The authentication agent must be running and the
83: .Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
84: environment variable must contain the name of its socket for
1.2 deraadt 85: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 86: to work.
1.2 deraadt 87: .Pp
88: The options are as follows:
89: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.36 markus 90: .It Fl c
91: Indicates that added identities should be subject to confirmation before
1.38 jmc 92: being used for authentication.
1.62 jmc 93: Confirmation is performed by
94: .Xr ssh-askpass 1 .
95: Successful confirmation is signaled by a zero exit status from
96: .Xr ssh-askpass 1 ,
97: rather than text entered into the requester.
1.42 jmc 98: .It Fl D
99: Deletes all identities from the agent.
100: .It Fl d
1.46 jmc 101: Instead of adding identities, removes identities from the agent.
1.45 djm 102: If
103: .Nm
1.57 djm 104: has been run without arguments, the keys for the default identities and
1.58 jmc 105: their corresponding certificates will be removed.
1.45 djm 106: Otherwise, the argument list will be interpreted as a list of paths to
1.57 djm 107: public key files to specify keys and certificates to be removed from the agent.
1.45 djm 108: If no public key is found at a given path,
109: .Nm
110: will append
111: .Pa .pub
112: and retry.
1.61 djm 113: .It Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
114: Specifies the hash algorithm used when displaying key fingerprints.
115: Valid options are:
116: .Dq md5
117: and
118: .Dq sha256 .
119: The default is
120: .Dq sha256 .
1.49 markus 121: .It Fl e Ar pkcs11
1.51 markus 122: Remove keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library
1.49 markus 123: .Ar pkcs11 .
1.56 djm 124: .It Fl k
1.57 djm 125: When loading keys into or deleting keys from the agent, process plain private
126: keys only and skip certificates.
1.42 jmc 127: .It Fl L
128: Lists public key parameters of all identities currently represented
129: by the agent.
130: .It Fl l
131: Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by the agent.
1.66 jmc 132: .It Fl q
133: Be quiet after a successful operation.
1.49 markus 134: .It Fl s Ar pkcs11
1.51 markus 135: Add keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library
1.49 markus 136: .Ar pkcs11 .
1.68 ! jmc 137: .It Fl T Ar pubkey ...
1.67 djm 138: Tests whether the private keys that correspond to the specified
139: .Ar pubkey
140: files are usable by performing sign and verify operations on each.
1.42 jmc 141: .It Fl t Ar life
142: Set a maximum lifetime when adding identities to an agent.
143: The lifetime may be specified in seconds or in a time format
144: specified in
145: .Xr sshd_config 5 .
146: .It Fl X
147: Unlock the agent.
148: .It Fl x
149: Lock the agent with a password.
1.2 deraadt 150: .El
1.9 markus 151: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
152: .Bl -tag -width Ds
153: .It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS"
1.1 deraadt 154: If
1.2 deraadt 155: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 156: needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the current
1.11 aaron 157: terminal if it was run from a terminal.
158: If
1.2 deraadt 159: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 160: does not have a terminal associated with it but
1.2 deraadt 161: .Ev DISPLAY
1.8 markus 162: and
163: .Ev SSH_ASKPASS
164: are set, it will execute the program specified by
165: .Ev SSH_ASKPASS
1.62 jmc 166: (by default
167: .Dq ssh-askpass )
1.11 aaron 168: and open an X11 window to read the passphrase.
169: This is particularly useful when calling
1.2 deraadt 170: .Nm
171: from a
1.41 jmc 172: .Pa .xsession
1.11 aaron 173: or related script.
174: (Note that on some machines it
1.2 deraadt 175: may be necessary to redirect the input from
176: .Pa /dev/null
177: to make this work.)
1.31 markus 178: .It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
1.47 sobrado 179: Identifies the path of a
1.48 sobrado 180: .Ux Ns -domain
181: socket used to communicate with the agent.
1.16 itojun 182: .El
1.39 jmc 183: .Sh FILES
184: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.43 djm 185: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
1.64 naddy 186: Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
1.53 djm 187: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
1.64 naddy 188: Contains the ECDSA authentication identity of the user.
1.59 naddy 189: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
1.64 naddy 190: Contains the Ed25519 authentication identity of the user.
1.43 djm 191: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
1.64 naddy 192: Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user.
1.39 jmc 193: .El
194: .Pp
195: Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user.
196: Note that
197: .Nm
198: ignores identity files if they are accessible by others.
1.54 jmc 199: .Sh EXIT STATUS
1.29 markus 200: Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails,
201: and 2 if
202: .Nm
203: is unable to contact the authentication agent.
1.39 jmc 204: .Sh SEE ALSO
205: .Xr ssh 1 ,
206: .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
1.62 jmc 207: .Xr ssh-askpass 1 ,
1.39 jmc 208: .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
209: .Xr sshd 8
1.18 aaron 210: .Sh AUTHORS
1.19 markus 211: OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
212: ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
213: Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
214: Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
215: removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
216: created OpenSSH.
217: Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
218: protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
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