-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.30 2002/02/04 20:41:16 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.27 2001/08/23 18:08:59 stevesk Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
.Nm
adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent,
.Xr ssh-agent 1 .
-When run without arguments, it adds the files
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa ,
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
-and
+When run without arguments, it adds the file
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity .
Alternative file names can be given on the command line.
If any file requires a passphrase,
.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"
.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.