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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.62 2015/03/30 18:28:37 jmc Exp $ 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.66 2017/08/29 13:05:58 jmc Exp $
2.\" 2.\"
3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> 3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
4.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland 4.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
35.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 35.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
36.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
37.\" 37.\"
38.Dd $Mdocdate: March 30 2015 $ 38.Dd $Mdocdate: August 29 2017 $
39.Dt SSH-ADD 1 39.Dt SSH-ADD 1
40.Os 40.Os
41.Sh NAME 41.Sh NAME
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
43.Nd adds private key identities to the authentication agent 43.Nd adds private key identities to the authentication agent
44.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm ssh-add 45.Nm ssh-add
46.Op Fl cDdkLlXx 46.Op Fl cDdkLlqXx
47.Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash 47.Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
48.Op Fl t Ar life 48.Op Fl t Ar life
49.Op Ar 49.Op Ar
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@ When run without arguments, it adds the files
59.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa , 59.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa ,
60.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa , 60.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
61.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa , 61.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa ,
62.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
63and 62and
64.Pa ~/.ssh/identity . 63.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 .
65After loading a private key, 64After loading a private key,
66.Nm 65.Nm
67will try to load corresponding certificate information from the 66will try to load corresponding certificate information from the
@@ -127,6 +126,8 @@ Lists public key parameters of all identities currently represented
127by the agent. 126by the agent.
128.It Fl l 127.It Fl l
129Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by the agent. 128Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by the agent.
129.It Fl q
130Be quiet after a successful operation.
130.It Fl s Ar pkcs11 131.It Fl s Ar pkcs11
131Add keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library 132Add keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library
132.Ar pkcs11 . 133.Ar pkcs11 .
@@ -174,16 +175,14 @@ socket used to communicate with the agent.
174.El 175.El
175.Sh FILES 176.Sh FILES
176.Bl -tag -width Ds 177.Bl -tag -width Ds
177.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity
178Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user.
179.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa 178.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
180Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user. 179Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
181.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa 180.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
182Contains the protocol version 2 ECDSA authentication identity of the user. 181Contains the ECDSA authentication identity of the user.
183.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 182.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
184Contains the protocol version 2 Ed25519 authentication identity of the user. 183Contains the Ed25519 authentication identity of the user.
185.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa 184.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
186Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. 185Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user.
187.El 186.El
188.Pp 187.Pp
189Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user. 188Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user.