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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ssh-copy-id.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/ssh-copy-id.1 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1 b/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1 index 67a59e49..ae75c79a 100644 --- a/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1 +++ b/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1 @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .Nd use locally available keys to authorise logins on a remote machine .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl f .Op Fl n .Op Fl i Op Ar identity_file .Op Fl p Ar port @@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ is used. Note that this can be used to ensure that the keys copied have the comment one prefers and/or extra options applied, by ensuring that the key file has these set as preferred before the copy is attempted. +.It Fl f +Forced mode: doesn't check if the keys are present on the remote server. +This means that it does not need the private key. Of course, this can result +in more than one copy of the key being installed on the remote system. .It Fl n do a dry-run. Instead of installing keys on the remote system simply prints the key(s) that would have been installed. @@ -153,7 +158,7 @@ asked for confirmation, which is your cue to log back out and run The reason you might want to specify the -i option in this case is to ensure that the comment on the installed key is the one from the .Pa .pub -file, rather than just the filename that was loaded into you agent. +file, rather than just the filename that was loaded into your agent. It also ensures that only the id you intended is installed, rather than all the keys that you have in your .Xr ssh-agent 1 . |