X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/gssapi-openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/d17c8fc2b09292b1331578bddeb0c36f45460b85..e9a17296ccbb7bb4f9a0affffe58d2240768a7d4:/openssh/ssh-add.1 diff --git a/openssh/ssh-add.1 b/openssh/ssh-add.1 index b842080..41d5def 100644 --- a/openssh/ssh-add.1 +++ b/openssh/ssh-add.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.27 2001/08/23 18:08:59 stevesk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.30 2002/02/04 20:41:16 stevesk Exp $ .\" .\" -*- nroff -*- .\" @@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ .Nm adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent, .Xr ssh-agent 1 . -When run without arguments, it adds the file +When run without arguments, it adds the files +.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa , +.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa +and .Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity . Alternative file names can be given on the command line. If any file requires a passphrase, @@ -91,21 +94,16 @@ 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" @@ -132,6 +130,11 @@ 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.