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authorDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-03-05 10:28:22 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-03-05 10:28:22 +0000
commit8e286dc0f07dd07b60903a9cb75e519df405d439 (patch)
treed6cd39a2d0395c71b9941e8c9e5ecd3cba5efc4f /usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1
parent04136c71b3fec3f81367a1a19c4f6679a16442fd (diff)
mention loading of certificate files from [private]-cert.pub when
they are present; feedback and ok jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.111
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1
index 0d5e39272f0..d7cc53101f8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-add.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.51 2010/02/10 23:20:38 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.52 2010/03/05 10:28:21 djm Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 10 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 5 2010 $
.Dt SSH-ADD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -61,7 +61,14 @@ When run without arguments, it adds the files
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
and
.Pa ~/.ssh/identity .
+After loading a private key,
+.Nm
+will try to load corresponding certificate information from the
+filename obtained by appending
+.Pa -cert.pub
+to the name of the private key file.
Alternative file names can be given on the command line.
+.Pp
If any file requires a passphrase,
.Nm
asks for the passphrase from the user.