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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-add.0')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh-add.0 | 36 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -54,6 +54,21 @@ DESCRIPTION | |||
54 | -e reader | 54 | -e reader |
55 | Remove key in smartcard reader. | 55 | Remove key in smartcard reader. |
56 | 56 | ||
57 | ENVIRONMENT | ||
58 | DISPLAY and SSH_ASKPASS | ||
59 | If ssh-add needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from | ||
60 | the current terminal if it was run from a terminal. If ssh-add | ||
61 | does not have a terminal associated with it but DISPLAY and | ||
62 | SSH_ASKPASS are set, it will execute the program specified by | ||
63 | SSH_ASKPASS and open an X11 window to read the passphrase. This | ||
64 | is particularly useful when calling ssh-add from a .Xsession or | ||
65 | related script. (Note that on some machines it may be necessary | ||
66 | to redirect the input from /dev/null to make this work.) | ||
67 | |||
68 | SSH_AUTH_SOCK | ||
69 | Identifies the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate | ||
70 | with the agent. | ||
71 | |||
57 | FILES | 72 | FILES |
58 | $HOME/.ssh/identity | 73 | $HOME/.ssh/identity |
59 | Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of | 74 | Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of |
@@ -70,25 +85,13 @@ FILES | |||
70 | Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user. Note that | 85 | Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user. Note that |
71 | ssh-add ignores identity files if they are accessible by others. | 86 | ssh-add ignores identity files if they are accessible by others. |
72 | 87 | ||
73 | ENVIRONMENT | ||
74 | DISPLAY and SSH_ASKPASS | ||
75 | If ssh-add needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from | ||
76 | the current terminal if it was run from a terminal. If ssh-add | ||
77 | does not have a terminal associated with it but DISPLAY and | ||
78 | SSH_ASKPASS are set, it will execute the program specified by | ||
79 | SSH_ASKPASS and open an X11 window to read the passphrase. This | ||
80 | is particularly useful when calling ssh-add from a .Xsession or | ||
81 | related script. (Note that on some machines it may be necessary | ||
82 | to redirect the input from /dev/null to make this work.) | ||
83 | |||
84 | SSH_AUTH_SOCK | ||
85 | Identifies the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate | ||
86 | with the agent. | ||
87 | |||
88 | DIAGNOSTICS | 88 | DIAGNOSTICS |
89 | Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails, and 2 if | 89 | Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails, and 2 if |
90 | ssh-add is unable to contact the authentication agent. | 90 | ssh-add is unable to contact the authentication agent. |
91 | 91 | ||
92 | SEE ALSO | ||
93 | ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8) | ||
94 | |||
92 | AUTHORS | 95 | AUTHORS |
93 | OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by | 96 | OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by |
94 | Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo | 97 | Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo |
@@ -96,7 +99,4 @@ AUTHORS | |||
96 | ated OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol | 99 | ated OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol |
97 | versions 1.5 and 2.0. | 100 | versions 1.5 and 2.0. |
98 | 101 | ||
99 | SEE ALSO | ||
100 | ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8) | ||
101 | |||
102 | BSD September 25, 1999 BSD | 102 | BSD September 25, 1999 BSD |