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+SSH-AGENT(1)               OpenBSD Reference Manual               SSH-AGENT(1)
+
+NAME
+     ssh-agent - authentication agent
+
+SYNOPSIS
+     ssh-agent [-a bind_address] [-c | -s] [-t life] [-d] [command [args ...]]
+     ssh-agent [-c | -s] -k
+
+DESCRIPTION
+     ssh-agent is a program to hold private keys used for public key authenti-
+     cation (RSA, DSA).  The idea is that ssh-agent is started in the begin-
+     ning of an X-session or a login session, and all other windows or pro-
+     grams are started as clients to the ssh-agent program.  Through use of
+     environment variables the agent can be located and automatically used for
+     authentication when logging in to other machines using ssh(1).
+
+     The options are as follows:
+
+     -a bind_address
+             Bind the agent to the unix-domain socket bind_address.  The de-
+             fault is /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid>.
+
+     -c      Generate C-shell commands on stdout.  This is the default if
+             SHELL looks like it's a csh style of shell.
+
+     -s      Generate Bourne shell commands on stdout.  This is the default if
+             SHELL does not look like it's a csh style of shell.
+
+     -k      Kill the current agent (given by the SSH_AGENT_PID environment
+             variable).
+
+     -t life
+             Set a default value for the maximum lifetime of identities added
+             to the agent.  The lifetime may be specified in seconds or in a
+             time format specified in sshd(8).  A lifetime specified for an
+             identity with ssh-add(1) overrides this value.  Without this op-
+             tion the default maximum lifetime is forever.
+
+     -d      Debug mode.  When this option is specified ssh-agent will not
+             fork.
+
+     If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent.
+     When the command dies, so does the agent.
+
+     The agent initially does not have any private keys.  Keys are added using
+     ssh-add(1).  When executed without arguments, ssh-add(1) adds the files
+     $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa, $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa and $HOME/.ssh/identity.  If the
+     identity has a passphrase, ssh-add(1) asks for the passphrase (using a
+     small X11 application if running under X11, or from the terminal if run-
+     ning without X).  It then sends the identity to the agent.  Several iden-
+     tities can be stored in the agent; the agent can automatically use any of
+     these identities.  ssh-add -l displays the identities currently held by
+     the agent.
+
+     The idea is that the agent is run in the user's local PC, laptop, or ter-
+     minal.  Authentication data need not be stored on any other machine, and
+     authentication passphrases never go over the network.  However, the con-
+     nection to the agent is forwarded over SSH remote logins, and the user
+     can thus use the privileges given by the identities anywhere in the net-
+     work in a secure way.
+
+     There are two main ways to get an agent set up: The first is that the
+     agent starts a new subcommand into which some environment variables are
+     exported, eg ssh-agent xterm &.  The second is that the agent prints the
+     needed shell commands (either sh(1) or csh(1) syntax can be generated)
+     which can be evalled in the calling shell, eg eval `ssh-agent -s` for
+     Bourne-type shells such as sh(1) or ksh(1) and eval `ssh-agent -c` for
+     csh(1) and derivatives.
+
+     Later ssh(1) looks at these variables and uses them to establish a con-
+     nection to the agent.
+
+     The agent will never send a private key over its request channel.  In-
+     stead, operations that require a private key will be performed by the
+     agent, and the result will be returned to the requester.  This way, pri-
+     vate keys are not exposed to clients using the agent.
+
+     A unix-domain socket is created and the name of this socket is stored in
+     the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable.  The socket is made accessible
+     only to the current user.  This method is easily abused by root or anoth-
+     er instance of the same user.
+
+     The SSH_AGENT_PID environment variable holds the agent's process ID.
+
+     The agent exits automatically when the command given on the command line
+     terminates.
+
+FILES
+     $HOME/.ssh/identity
+             Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of
+             the user.
+
+     $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
+             Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of
+             the user.
+
+     $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
+             Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of
+             the user.
+
+     /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid>
+             Unix-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the authen-
+             tication agent.  These sockets should only be readable by the
+             owner.  The sockets should get automatically removed when the
+             agent exits.
+
+SEE ALSO
+     ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8)
+
+AUTHORS
+     OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by
+     Tatu Ylonen.  Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo
+     de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and cre-
+     ated OpenSSH.  Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol
+     versions 1.5 and 2.0.
+
+OpenBSD 3.6                   September 25, 1999                             2