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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:17:06 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:22:54 am | by perry | Revert |
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-SSH-COPY-ID
-!!!SSH-COPY-ID
-NAME
-SYNOPSIS
-DESCRIPTION
-SEE ALSO
-----
+
!!NAME
+ssh-copy-id - install your identity.pub in a remote machine's authorized_keys
-ssh-copy-id - install your identity.pub in a remote machine's authorized_keys
!!SYNOPSIS
+__ssh-copy-id [[-i [[identity_file]]__ ''[[user@]machine''
-__ssh-copy-id [[-i [[identity_file]]__
-''[[user@]machine''
!!DESCRIPTION
-
-
-
-
+__ssh-copy-id__ is a script that uses ssh to log into a remote machine (presumably using a login password, so password authentication should be enabled, unless you've
done some clever use of multiple identities)
+It also changes the permissions of the remote user's home, __~/.ssh__, and __~/.ssh/authorized_keys__ to remove group writability (which would otherwise prevent you from
+logging in, if the remote __sshd__ has __!StrictModes__ set in its configuration).
-It also changes the permissions of the remote user's home,
-__~/.ssh__, and __~/.ssh/authorized_keys__ to remove
-group writability (which would otherwise prevent you from
-logging in, if the remote __sshd__ has __!StrictModes__
-set in its configuration).
-
-
-
-
-
+If the __-i__ option is given then the identity file (defaults to __~/.ssh/identity.pub__) is used, regardless of whether there are any keys in your __ssh-agent__.
Otherwise, if this:
+ __ssh-add -L__
-__ssh-add -L__
+provides any output, it uses that in preference to the identity file.
-provides any
output, it uses that in preference to
the
-
+If the __-i__ option is used, or the __ssh-add__ produced no
output, then
it uses the contents of the
identity file. Once it has one or more fingerprints (by
+whatever means) it uses ssh to append them to __~/.ssh/authorized_keys__ on the remote machine (creating the file, and directory, if necessary)
-
-If the __-i__ option is used, or the __ssh-add__
-produced no output, then it uses the contents of the
-identity file. Once it has one or more fingerprints (by
-whatever means) it uses ssh to append them to
-__~/.ssh/authorized_keys__ on the remote machine
-(creating the file, and directory, if
-necessary)
!!SEE ALSO
-
-
-
-----
+ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), sshd(8)
