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.\"
-.\" ssh-add.1
-.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
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.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH-ADD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ssh-add
-.Nd adds identities for the authentication agent
+.Nd adds RSA or DSA identities for the authentication agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ssh-add
.Op Fl lLdD
.Op Ar
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-adds identities to the authentication agent,
+adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent,
.Xr ssh-agent 1 .
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,
.Nm
-asks for the passphrase from the user.
+asks for the passphrase from the user.
The Passphrase it is read from the user's tty.
.Pp
The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of
This is the default file added by
.Nm
when no other files have been specified.
-.Pp
+.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
+Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
+.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ev "DISPLAY" and "SSH_ASKPASS"
may be necessary to redirect the input from
.Pa /dev/null
to make this work.)
+.El
.Sh AUTHOR
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
.Pp
.Bl -bullet
.It
has all components of a restrictive nature (i.e., patents, see
-.Xr ssl 8 )
+.Xr crypto 3 )
directly removed from the source code; any licensed or patented components
are chosen from
external libraries.
.It
has been updated to support ssh protocol 1.5.
.It
-contains added support for
+contains added support for
.Xr kerberos 8
authentication and ticket passing.
.It
supports one-time password authentication with
.Xr skey 1 .
.El
-.Pp
-The libraries described in
-.Xr ssl 8
-are required for proper operation.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ssh 1 ,
.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
.Xr sshd 8 ,
-.Xr ssl 8
+.Xr crypto 3
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