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The idea is that a single \fBssh-agent\fR process is kept persistently running across multiple user login sessions in order to prevent the startup of multiple \&\fBssh-agent\fR processes and to avoid having to enter pass-phrases more often than really necessary from a security point of view. .PP The command line options can be combined and are executed internally in the given order below. .IP "\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR" 4 .IX Item "-q, --quiet" Quiet operation. Do not print verbose messages. .IP "\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-cluster\fR" 4 .IX Item "-c, --cluster" Cluster indicator. This forces the use of \&\fB$HOME/.ssh/agent\-\fR\fIhostname\fR as the agent attachment informations file instead of the default \fB$HOME/.ssh/agent\fR. Use this if your home directory is NFS-mounted on a cluster of desktops. .IP "\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kill\fR" 4 .IX Item "-k, --kill" Kill agent. This makes sure the \fBssh-agent\fR process is no longer running. .IP "\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-start\fR" 4 .IX Item "-s, --start" Start agent. This makes sure the \fBssh-agent\fR process is running. If not, it automatically spawns a new one. .IP "\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-env\fR" 4 .IX Item "-e, --env" Environment setup. This outputs to \fIstdout\fR the Bourne-Shell commands necessary to attach the current shell session to the \fBssh-agent\fR process. The intended usage is "\f(CW\*(C`eval `\f(CBssh-keyman\f(CW \-q \-e \-s`\*(C'\fR" from within \fB$HOME/.xsession\fR or \fB$HOME/.bash_login\fR scripts. .IP "\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delete\fR" 4 .IX Item "-d, --delete" Delete key. This deletes one or more (or all if not \fIkeyfile\fR arguments are specified at all) from the \fBssh-agent\fR process. .IP "\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-add\fR" 4 .IX Item "-a, --add" Add key. This adds one or more keys (in \fIkeyfile\fR) to the \fBssh-agent\fR process. If a key is already loaded, it is skipped and not reloaded. Additionally, all specified keys are loaded with a single \fBssh-add\fR call. This way the pass-phrase dialog is reduced to its possible minimum. .IP "\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR" 4 .IX Item "-l, --list" List keys. This lists the currently available keys in the \fBssh-agent\fR process. .IP "\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-install\fR" 4 .IX Item "-i, --install" Install public keys into remote account. This extracts the currently available public keys in the \fBssh-agent\fR process and installs them into "\f(CW\*(C`~/.ssh/authorized_keys\*(C'\fR" on a specified remote account. .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4 .IX Item "-h, --help" Help information. Display a usage summary on \fIstdout\fR. .IP "\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR" 4 .IX Item "-v, --version" Version information. Display a version summary on \fIstdout\fR. .SH "EXAMPLE" .IX Header "EXAMPLE" \&\fI.xsession\fR: .PP .Vb 2 \& eval `ssh-keyman -q -s -e` \& ssh-keyman -q -a . It was inspired by the similar program \&\fBkeychain\fR from Daniel Robbins . The main difference between \fBkeychain\fR and \fBssh-keyman\fR is that \fBssh-keyman\fR uses a more orthogonal interface which even allows you to combine multiple actions into a single call.