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version 1.24.2.2, 2002/03/09 00:20:45 version 1.25, 2001/06/26 04:07:06
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 .Nd authentication agent  .Nd authentication agent
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm ssh-agent  .Nm ssh-agent
 .Op Fl c Li | Fl s  .Ar command
 .Op Fl d  .Ar args ...
 .Op Ar command Op Ar args ...  
 .Nm ssh-agent  .Nm ssh-agent
 .Op Fl c Li | Fl s  .Op Fl c Li | Fl s
   .Nm ssh-agent
 .Fl k  .Fl k
   .Nm ssh-agent
   .Fl d
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm  .Nm
 is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication  is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
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 .It Fl d  .It Fl d
 Debug mode.  When this option is specified  Debug mode.  When this option is specified
 .Nm  .Nm
 will not fork.  will 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 files  adds the
 .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa ,  .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
 .Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa  file.
 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 the agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment  Either you let the agent
 variables are exported, or the agent prints the needed shell commands  start a new subcommand into which some environment variables are exported, or
 (either  you let the agent print the needed shell commands (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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