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+SSH-AGENT(1) General Commands Manual SSH-AGENT(1)
+
+NAME
+ ssh-agent M-bM-^@M-^S OpenSSH authentication agent
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ ssh-agent [-c | -s] [-Dd] [-a bind_address] [-E fingerprint_hash]
+ [-O option] [-P allowed_providers] [-t life]
+ ssh-agent [-a bind_address] [-E fingerprint_hash] [-O option]
+ [-P allowed_providers] [-t life] command [arg ...]
+ ssh-agent [-c | -s] -k
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ ssh-agent is a program to hold private keys used for public key
+ authentication. Through use of environment variables the agent can be
+ located and automatically used for authentication when logging in to
+ other machines using ssh(1).
+
+ The options are as follows:
+
+ -a bind_address
+ Bind the agent to the UNIX-domain socket bind_address. The
+ default is $TMPDIR/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid>.
+
+ -c Generate C-shell commands on stdout. This is the default if
+ SHELL looks like it's a csh style of shell.
+
+ -D Foreground mode. When this option is specified, ssh-agent will
+ not fork.
+
+ -d Debug mode. When this option is specified, ssh-agent will not
+ fork and will write debug information to standard error.
+
+ -E fingerprint_hash
+ Specifies the hash algorithm used when displaying key
+ fingerprints. Valid options are: M-bM-^@M-^\md5M-bM-^@M-^] and M-bM-^@M-^\sha256M-bM-^@M-^]. The
+ default is M-bM-^@M-^\sha256M-bM-^@M-^].
+
+ -k Kill the current agent (given by the SSH_AGENT_PID environment
+ variable).
+
+ -O option
+ Specify an option when starting ssh-agent. Currently only one
+ option is supported: no-restrict-websafe. This instructs
+ ssh-agent to permit signatures using FIDO keys that might be web
+ authentication requests. By default, ssh-agent refuses signature
+ requests for FIDO keys where the key application string does not
+ start with M-bM-^@M-^\ssh:M-bM-^@M-^] and when the data to be signed does not appear
+ to be a ssh(1) user authentication request or a ssh-keygen(1)
+ signature. The default behaviour prevents forwarded access to a
+ FIDO key from also implicitly forwarding the ability to
+ authenticate to websites.
+
+ -P allowed_providers
+ Specify a pattern-list of acceptable paths for PKCS#11 provider
+ and FIDO authenticator middleware shared libraries that may be
+ used with the -S or -s options to ssh-add(1). Libraries that do
+ not match the pattern list will be refused. See PATTERNS in
+ ssh_config(5) for a description of pattern-list syntax. The
+ default list is M-bM-^@M-^\/usr/lib/*,/usr/local/lib/*M-bM-^@M-^].
+
+ -s Generate Bourne shell commands on stdout. This is the default if
+ SHELL does not look like it's a csh style of shell.
+
+ -t life
+ Set a default value for the maximum lifetime of identities added
+ to the agent. The lifetime may be specified in seconds or in a
+ time format specified in sshd_config(5). A lifetime specified
+ for an identity with ssh-add(1) overrides this value. Without
+ this option the default maximum lifetime is forever.
+
+ command [arg ...]
+ If a command (and optional arguments) is given, this is executed
+ as a subprocess of the agent. The agent exits automatically when
+ the command given on the command line terminates.
+
+ There are two main ways to get an agent set up. The first is at the
+ start of an X session, where all other windows or programs are started as
+ children of the ssh-agent program. The agent starts a command under
+ which its environment variables are exported, for example ssh-agent xterm
+ &. When the command terminates, so does the agent.
+
+ The second method is used for a login session. When ssh-agent is
+ started, it prints the shell commands required to set its environment
+ variables, which in turn can be evaluated in the calling shell, for
+ example eval `ssh-agent -s`.
+
+ In both cases, ssh(1) looks at these environment variables and uses them
+ to establish a connection to the agent.
+
+ The agent initially does not have any private keys. Keys are added using
+ ssh-add(1) or by ssh(1) when AddKeysToAgent is set in ssh_config(5).
+ Multiple identities may be stored in ssh-agent concurrently and ssh(1)
+ will automatically use them if present. ssh-add(1) is also used to
+ remove keys from ssh-agent and to query the keys that are held in one.
+
+ Connections to ssh-agent may be forwarded from further remote hosts using
+ the -A option to ssh(1) (but see the caveats documented therein),
+ avoiding the need for authentication data to be stored on other machines.
+ Authentication passphrases and private keys never go over the network:
+ the connection to the agent is forwarded over SSH remote connections and
+ the result is returned to the requester, allowing the user access to
+ their identities anywhere in the network in a secure fashion.
+
+ENVIRONMENT
+ SSH_AGENT_PID When ssh-agent starts, it stores the name of the agent's
+ process ID (PID) in this variable.
+
+ SSH_AUTH_SOCK When ssh-agent starts, it creates a UNIX-domain socket and
+ stores its pathname in this variable. It is accessible
+ only to the current user, but is easily abused by root or
+ another instance of the same user.
+
+FILES
+ $TMPDIR/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.<ppid>
+ UNIX-domain sockets used to contain the connection to the
+ authentication agent. These sockets should only be readable by
+ the owner. The sockets should get automatically removed when the
+ agent exits.
+
+SEE ALSO
+ ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh_config(5), sshd(8)
+
+AUTHORS
+ OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by
+ Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo
+ de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
+ created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol
+ versions 1.5 and 2.0.
+
+OpenBSD 7.2 October 7, 2022 OpenBSD 7.2