Example—Using ssh-add Options (System Administration Guide: Security Services)

System Administration Guide: Security Services

Example—Using `ssh-add` Options

You can use ssh-add to add other keys to the daemon as well. For example, you might concurrently have DSA v2, RSA v2, and RSA v1 keys. To list all keys that are stored in the daemon, use the -l option. To delete a single key from the daemon, use the -d option. To delete all keys, use the -D option.

myLocalHost% eval `ssh-agent`
Agent pid 3347
myLocalHost% ssh-add
Enter passphrase for /home/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa:
Identity added: /home/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa(/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa)
myLocalHost% ssh-add /home/johndoe/.ssh/id_dsa
Enter passphrase for /home/johndoe/.ssh/id_dsa: <type passphrase>
Identity added:
/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_dsa(/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_dsa)
myLocalHost% ssh-add -l
md5 1024 0e:fb:3d:53:71:77:bf:57:b8:eb:f7:a7:aa:df:e0:d1
/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa(RSA)
md5 1024 c1:d3:21:5e:40:60:c5:73:d8:87:09:3a:fa:5f:32:53
/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_dsa(DSA)
myLocalHost% ssh-add -d
Identity removed:
/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa(/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)
/home/johndoe/.ssh/id_dsa(DSA)