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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2020-02-21 11:57:14 +0000
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2020-02-21 14:27:02 +0000
commit886e47e745586c34e81cfd5c5fb9b5dbc8e84d04 (patch)
treedd6c3b4dc64a17c520af7aaf213163f8a0a63e56 /ssh-add.0
parentac2b4c0697fcac554041ab95f81736887eadf6ec (diff)
parenta2dabf35ce0228c86a288d11cc847a9d9801604f (diff)
New upstream release (8.2p1)
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-add.0')
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-add.0 b/ssh-add.0
index 0c4358253..36a7ac6ab 100644
--- a/ssh-add.0
+++ b/ssh-add.0
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
1SSH-ADD(1) General Commands Manual SSH-ADD(1) 1SSH-ADD(1) General Commands Manual SSH-ADD(1)
2 2
3NAME 3NAME
4 ssh-add M-bM-^@M-^S adds private key identities to the authentication agent 4 ssh-add M-bM-^@M-^S adds private key identities to the OpenSSH authentication agent
5 5
6SYNOPSIS 6SYNOPSIS
7 ssh-add [-cDdkLlqvXx] [-E fingerprint_hash] [-t life] [file ...] 7 ssh-add [-cDdKkLlqvXx] [-E fingerprint_hash] [-S provider] [-t life]
8 [file ...]
8 ssh-add -s pkcs11 9 ssh-add -s pkcs11
9 ssh-add -e pkcs11 10 ssh-add -e pkcs11
10 ssh-add -T pubkey ... 11 ssh-add -T pubkey ...
@@ -12,11 +13,11 @@ SYNOPSIS
12DESCRIPTION 13DESCRIPTION
13 ssh-add adds private key identities to the authentication agent, 14 ssh-add adds private key identities to the authentication agent,
14 ssh-agent(1). When run without arguments, it adds the files 15 ssh-agent(1). When run without arguments, it adds the files
15 ~/.ssh/id_rsa, ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa, and ~/.ssh/id_ed25519. 16 ~/.ssh/id_rsa, ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa, ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk,
16 After loading a private key, ssh-add will try to load corresponding 17 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519, and ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk. After loading a private
17 certificate information from the filename obtained by appending -cert.pub 18 key, ssh-add will try to load corresponding certificate information from
18 to the name of the private key file. Alternative file names can be given 19 the filename obtained by appending -cert.pub to the name of the private
19 on the command line. 20 key file. Alternative file names can be given on the command line.
20 21
21 If any file requires a passphrase, ssh-add asks for the passphrase from 22 If any file requires a passphrase, ssh-add asks for the passphrase from
22 the user. The passphrase is read from the user's tty. ssh-add retries 23 the user. The passphrase is read from the user's tty. ssh-add retries
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
52 -e pkcs11 53 -e pkcs11
53 Remove keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library pkcs11. 54 Remove keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library pkcs11.
54 55
56 -K Load resident keys from a FIDO authenticator.
57
55 -k When loading keys into or deleting keys from the agent, process 58 -k When loading keys into or deleting keys from the agent, process
56 plain private keys only and skip certificates. 59 plain private keys only and skip certificates.
57 60
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@ DESCRIPTION
63 66
64 -q Be quiet after a successful operation. 67 -q Be quiet after a successful operation.
65 68
69 -S provider
70 Specifies a path to a library that will be used when adding FIDO
71 authenticator-hosted keys, overriding the default of using the
72 internal USB HID support.
73
66 -s pkcs11 74 -s pkcs11
67 Add keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library pkcs11. 75 Add keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library pkcs11.
68 76
@@ -100,18 +108,21 @@ ENVIRONMENT
100 Identifies the path of a UNIX-domain socket used to communicate 108 Identifies the path of a UNIX-domain socket used to communicate
101 with the agent. 109 with the agent.
102 110
111 SSH_SK_PROVIDER
112 Specifies a path to a library that will be used when loading any
113 FIDO authenticator-hosted keys, overriding the default of using
114 the built-in USB HID support.
115
103FILES 116FILES
104 ~/.ssh/id_dsa 117 ~/.ssh/id_dsa
105 Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
106
107 ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa 118 ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
108 Contains the ECDSA authentication identity of the user. 119 ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk
109
110 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 120 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
111 Contains the Ed25519 authentication identity of the user. 121 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk
112
113 ~/.ssh/id_rsa 122 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
114 Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user. 123 Contains the DSA, ECDSA, authenticator-hosted ECDSA, Ed25519,
124 authenticator-hosted Ed25519 or RSA authentication identity of
125 the user.
115 126
116 Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user. Note that 127 Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user. Note that
117 ssh-add ignores identity files if they are accessible by others. 128 ssh-add ignores identity files if they are accessible by others.
@@ -130,4 +141,4 @@ AUTHORS
130 created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol 141 created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol
131 versions 1.5 and 2.0. 142 versions 1.5 and 2.0.
132 143
133OpenBSD 6.6 January 21, 2019 OpenBSD 6.6 144OpenBSD 6.6 February 7, 2020 OpenBSD 6.6