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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
666 pages
21h 5m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

ssh-add Options

OpenSSH

Tectia

Option

Meaning

 

-1

Limit SSH-1 compatibility

 

-c

Confirm identities before loading them

-d

Unload key

-D

Unload all keys

 

-e reader

Remove key in smartcard reader

 

-f step

Limit agent-forwarding hops

 

-F host_list

Limit agent-forwarding hosts

 

-I

PGP keys are identified by ID

 

-l

List loaded keys

 

-l

List fingerprints of loaded keys

 

-L

Lock agent

 

-L

List loaded keys

 

-N

PGP keys are identified by name

 

-p

Read passphrase from stdin

 

-P

PGP keys are identified by fingerprint

 

-R filename

Specify PGP keyring file

 

-s reader

Add key in smartcard reader

-t timeout

Expire key after timeout

 

-u

Read key from URL

 

-U

Unlock agent

 

-x

Lock agent

 

-X

Unlock agent

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