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SSH-COPY-ID(1)							SSH-COPY-ID(1)

NAME
       ssh-copy-id  -  install	your  public  key in a remote machine's autho‐
       rized_keys

SYNOPSIS
       ssh-copy-id [-i [identity_file]] [user@]machine

DESCRIPTION
       ssh-copy-id is a script that uses ssh to	 log  into  a  remote  machine
       (presumably  using  a login password, so password authentication should
       be enabled, unless you've done some clever use of multiple identities)

       It also changes the permissions of the remote user's home, ~/.ssh,  and
       ~/.ssh/authorized_keys  to remove group writability (which would other‐
       wise prevent you from logging in, if the remote	sshd  has  StrictModes
       set in its configuration).

       If  the	-i  option  is	given  then  the  identity  file  (defaults to
       ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) is used, regardless of whether there are any keys in
       your ssh-agent.	Otherwise, if this:

	     ssh-add -L

       provides any output, it uses that in preference to the identity file.

       If  the	-i  option is used, or the ssh-add produced no output, then it
       uses the contents of the identity file.	Once it has one or  more  fin‐
       gerprints   (by	 whatever  means)  it  uses  ssh  to  append  them  to
       ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote machine (creating  the  file,  and
       directory, if necessary)

SEE ALSO
       ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), sshd(8)

OpenSSH			       14 November 1999			SSH-COPY-ID(1)
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