SSH-PKCS11-HELPER(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

SSH-PKCS11-HELPER(8) - System Manager’s Manual

NAME #

ssh-pkcs11-helper - OpenSSH helper for PKCS#11 support

SYNOPSIS #

ssh-pkcs11-helper [-v]

DESCRIPTION #

ssh-pkcs11-helper is used by ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) to access keys provided by a PKCS#11 token.

ssh-pkcs11-helper is not intended to be invoked directly by the user.

A single option is supported:

-v

Verbose mode. Causes ssh-pkcs11-helper to print debugging messages about its progress. This is helpful in debugging problems. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity. The maximum is 3.

Note that ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) will automatically pass the -v flag to ssh-pkcs11-helper when they have themselves been placed in debug mode.

SEE ALSO #

ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1)

HISTORY #

ssh-pkcs11-helper first appeared in OpenBSD 4.7.

AUTHORS #

Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>

OpenBSD 7.5 - April 29, 2022