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version 1.24, 2001/04/10 09:13:21 version 1.24.2.2, 2002/03/09 00:20:45
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 .Nd authentication agent  .Nd authentication agent
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm ssh-agent  .Nm ssh-agent
 .Ar command  
 .Ar args ...  
 .Nm ssh-agent  
 .Op Fl c Li | Fl s  .Op Fl c Li | Fl s
   .Op Fl d
   .Op Ar command Op Ar args ...
 .Nm ssh-agent  .Nm ssh-agent
   .Op Fl c Li | Fl s
 .Fl k  .Fl k
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm  .Nm
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 Kill the current agent (given by the  Kill the current agent (given by the
 .Ev SSH_AGENT_PID  .Ev SSH_AGENT_PID
 environment variable).  environment variable).
   .It Fl d
   Debug mode.  When this option is specified
   .Nm
   will not fork.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent.  If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent.
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 .Xr ssh-add 1 .  .Xr ssh-add 1 .
 When executed without arguments,  When executed without arguments,
 .Xr ssh-add 1  .Xr ssh-add 1
 adds the  adds the files
 .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity  .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa ,
 file.  .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
   and
   .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity .
 If the identity has a passphrase,  If the identity has a passphrase,
 .Xr ssh-add 1  .Xr ssh-add 1
 asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running  asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running
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 identities anywhere in the network in a secure way.  identities anywhere in the network in a secure way.
 .Pp  .Pp
 There are two main ways to get an agent setup:  There are two main ways to get an agent setup:
 Either you let the agent  Either the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment
 start a new subcommand into which some environment variables are exported, or  variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands
 you let the agent print the needed shell commands (either  (either
 .Xr sh 1  .Xr sh 1
 or  or
 .Xr csh 1  .Xr csh 1
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 .Xr ssh 1  .Xr ssh 1
 looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent.  looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent.
 .Pp  .Pp
   The agent will never send a private key over its request channel.
   Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed
   by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester.
   This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent.
   .Pp
 A unix-domain socket is created  A unix-domain socket is created
 .Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> ,  .Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> ,
 and the name of this socket is stored in the  and the name of this socket is stored in the
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 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity  .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
 Contains the protocol version 1 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.  
 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 file is not used by  
 .Nm  
 but is normally added to the agent using  
 .Xr ssh-add 1  
 at login time.  
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa  .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
 Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.  Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa  .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
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