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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssh/ssh-add.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/openssh/ssh-add.1 | 41 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh-add.1 b/crypto/openssh/ssh-add.1 index d7725c6..41d5def 100644 --- a/crypto/openssh/ssh-add.1 +++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh-add.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.24 2001/04/10 09:13:21 itojun Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.30 2002/02/04 20:41:16 stevesk Exp $ .\" .\" -*- nroff -*- .\" @@ -42,22 +42,29 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ssh-add -.Nd adds RSA or DSA identities for the authentication agent +.Nd adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm ssh-add .Op Fl lLdD .Op Ar +.Nm ssh-add +.Fl s Ar reader +.Nm ssh-add +.Fl e Ar reader .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent, .Xr ssh-agent 1 . -When run without arguments, it adds the file +When run without arguments, it adds the files +.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa , +.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa +and .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity . Alternative file names can be given on the command line. If any file requires a passphrase, .Nm asks for the passphrase from the user. -The Passphrase it is read from the user's tty. +The passphrase is read from the user's tty. .Nm retries the last passphrase if multiple identity files are given. .Pp @@ -76,26 +83,27 @@ Lists public key parameters of all identities currently represented by the agent Instead of adding the identity, removes the identity from the agent. .It Fl D Deletes all identities from the agent. +.It Fl s Ar reader +Add key in smartcard +.Ar reader . +.It Fl e Ar reader +Remove key in smartcard +.Ar reader . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user. -This file should not be readable by anyone but the user. -Note that -.Nm -ignores this file if it is accessible by others. -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 is the default file added by -.Nm -when no other files have been specified. .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user. .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. .El +.Pp +Identity files should not be readable by anyone but the user. +Note that +.Nm +ignores identity files if they are accessible by others. .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS" @@ -122,6 +130,11 @@ may be necessary to redirect the input from .Pa /dev/null to make this work.) .El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails, +and 2 if +.Nm +is unable to contact the authentication agent. .Sh AUTHORS OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. |
