-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.22 2001/03/02 18:54:31 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.35 2002/06/19 00:27:55 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ssh-add
-.Nd adds RSA or DSA identities for the authentication agent
+.Nd adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ssh-add
-.Op Fl lLdD
+.Op Fl lLdDxX
+.Op Fl t Ar life
.Op Ar
+.Nm ssh-add
+.Fl s Ar reader
+.Nm ssh-add
+.Fl e Ar reader
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.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,
.Nm
asks for the passphrase from the user.
-The Passphrase it is read from the user's tty.
+The passphrase is read from the user's tty.
+.Nm
+retries the last passphrase if multiple identity files are given.
.Pp
The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of
the current process for
Instead of adding the identity, removes the identity from the agent.
.It Fl D
Deletes all identities from the agent.
+.It Fl x
+Lock the agent with a password.
+.It Fl X
+Unlock the agent.
+.It Fl t Ar life
+Set a maximum lifetime when adding identities to an agent.
+The lifetime may be specified in seconds or in a time format
+specified in
+.Xr sshd 8 .
+.It Fl s Ar reader
+Add key in smartcard
+.Ar reader .
+.It Fl e Ar reader
+Remove key in smartcard
+.Ar reader .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
-Contains the 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.
+Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user.
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
-Contains the DSA authentication identity of the user.
+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"
may be necessary to redirect the input from
.Pa /dev/null
to make this work.)
+.It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+Identifies the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate with the
+agent.
.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.