SSH-AGENT(1) - General Commands Manual

SSH-AGENT(1) - General Commands Manual # SSH-AGENT(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # ssh-agent - OpenSSH authentication agent SYNOPSIS # ssh-agent [-c | -s] [-Dd] [-a bind_address] [-E fingerprint_hash] [-O option] [-P allowed_providers] [-t life] ssh-agent [-a bind_address] [-E fingerprint_hash] [-O option] [-P allowed_providers] [-t life] command [arg …] ssh-agent [-c | -s] -k DESCRIPTION # ssh-agent is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication. Through use of environment variables the agent can be located and automatically used for authentication when logging in to other machines using ssh(1). ...