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

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

NAME #

ssh-sk-helper - OpenSSH helper for FIDO authenticator support

SYNOPSIS #

ssh-sk-helper [-v]

DESCRIPTION #

ssh-sk-helper is used by ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) to access keys provided by a FIDO authenticator.

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

A single option is supported:

-v

Verbose mode. Causes ssh-sk-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-sk-helper when they have themselves been placed in debug mode.

SEE ALSO #

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

HISTORY #

ssh-sk-helper first appeared in OpenBSD 6.7.

AUTHORS #

Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org>

OpenBSD 7.5 - April 29, 2022