SYNOPSIS
     ssh-add [-lLdD] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
     ssh-add  adds  RSA  or  DSA identities to the authentication
agent, ssh-
     agent(1).  When run without arguments, it adds the file
     $HOME/.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 it 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 must be an  an-
cestor of the
     current process for ssh-add to work.

     The options are as follows:

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

     -L      Lists public key parameters of all  identities  cur-
rently repreM--
             sented by the agent.

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

     -D      Deletes all identities from the agent.

FILES
     $HOME/.ssh/identity
             Contains the protocol version 1  RSA  authentication
identity of
             the  user.  This file should not be readable by any-
one but the usM--
             er.  Note that ssh-add 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
ssh-add when no
             other files have been specified.

passphrase from
             the  current terminal if it was run from a terminal.
If ssh-add
             does not have a terminal associated with it but DIS-
PLAY 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.)

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 fea-
tures and creM--
     ated OpenSSH.  Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
protocol
     versions 1.5 and 2.0.

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

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