X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/gssapi-openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/1e608e420beaca67ca6bc6bef308f9f9f6132a66..HEAD:/openssh/ssh-add.1 diff --git a/openssh/ssh-add.1 b/openssh/ssh-add.1 index 41d5def..b842080 100644 --- a/openssh/ssh-add.1 +++ b/openssh/ssh-add.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $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 -*- .\" @@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ .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, @@ -94,16 +91,21 @@ Remove key in smartcard .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" @@ -130,11 +132,6 @@ 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.