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SSH-ADD(1)							    SSH-ADD(1)

NAME
       ssh-add - adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent

SYNOPSIS
       ssh-add [-cDdLlXx] [-t life] [file ...]
       ssh-add -s reader
       ssh-add -e reader

DESCRIPTION
       ssh-add	adds  RSA  or DSA identities to the authentication agent, ssh-
       agent(1).  When run without arguments, it adds the files ~/.ssh/id_rsa,
       ~/.ssh/id_dsa and ~/.ssh/identity.  Alternative file names can be given
       on the command line.  If any file requires a passphrase,	 ssh-add  asks
       for  the	 passphrase  from  the	user.  The passphrase is read from the
       user's tty.  ssh-add retries the last passphrase if  multiple  identity
       files are given.

       The authentication agent must be running and the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environ‐
       ment variable must contain the name of its socket for ssh-add to work.

       The options are as follows:

       -c     Indicates that added identities should be subject	 to  confirma‐
	      tion before being used for authentication.  Confirmation is per‐
	      formed by the SSH_ASKPASS program mentioned  below.   Successful
	      confirmation  is	signaled  by  a	 zero  exit  status  from  the
	      SSH_ASKPASS  program,  rather  than  text	  entered   into   the
	      requester.

       -D     Deletes all identities from the agent.

       -d     Instead  of  adding  the identity, removes the identity from the
	      agent.

       -e reader
	      Remove key in smartcard reader.

       -L     Lists public key parameters of all identities  currently	repre‐
	      sented by the agent.

       -l     Lists  fingerprints  of  all identities currently represented by
	      the agent.

       -s reader
	      Add key in smartcard reader.

       -t life
	      Set a maximum lifetime when adding identities to an agent.   The
	      lifetime	may be specified in seconds or in a time format speci‐
	      fied in sshd_config(5).

       -X     Unlock the agent.

       -x     Lock the agent with a password.

ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY and SSH_ASKPASS
	      If ssh-add needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase  from
	      the  current terminal if it was run from a terminal.  If ssh-add
	      does not have a terminal associated  with	 it  but  DISPLAY  and
	      SSH_ASKPASS  are	set,  it will execute the program specified by
	      SSH_ASKPASS and open an X11 window to read the passphrase.  This
	      is  particularly useful when calling ssh-add from a .xsession or
	      related script.  (Note that on some machines it may be necessary
	      to redirect the input from /dev/null to make this work.)

       SSH_AUTH_SOCK
	      Identifies  the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate
	      with the agent.

FILES
       ~/.ssh/identity
	      Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication  identity  of
	      the user.

       ~/.ssh/id_dsa
	      Contains	the  protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of
	      the user.

       ~/.ssh/id_rsa
	      Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication  identity  of
	      the user.

	      Identity	files  should  not be readable by anyone but the user.
	      Note that ssh-add ignores identity files if they are  accessible
	      by others.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if the specified command fails, and 2 if
       ssh-add is unable to contact the authentication agent.

HISTORY
       HP-UX Secure Shell is based on OpenSSH version 5.2p1

SEE ALSO
       ssh(1), ssh-agent(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  created  OpenSSH.	Markus	Friedl contributed the support for SSH
       protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.

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