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ssh-import-id(1)                             ssh-import                             ssh-import-id(1)

NAME
       ssh-import-id  -  retrieve one or more public keys from a public keyserver and append them to
       the current user's authorized_keys file (or some other specified file)


SYNOPSIS
       ssh-import-id [options] USER_ID_1 [gh:USER_ID_2] ... [lp:USER_ID_n]

       ssh-import-id-lp USER_ID_1 [USER_ID_2] ... [USER_ID_n]

       ssh-import-id-gh USER_ID_1 [USER_ID_2] ... [USER_ID_n]


OPTIONS
        -h | --help         usage
        -o | --output F     write output to file 'F' (default ~/.ssh/authorized_keys,  use  "-"  for
       standard out)
        -r | --remove       remove keys from authorized keys file 'F'
        -u | --useragent U  append U to the user agent string
        PROTO:USER_ID       Protocol can be 'lp' for Launchpad.net, or 'gh' for Github.com


DESCRIPTION
       This  utility will securely contact a public keyserver and retrieve one or more user's public
       keys, and append these to the current user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, standard output  or
       any other specified output file.

       User IDs can be prepended by a protocol:

        - lp: to use https://launchpad.net/~%s/+sshkeys
        - gh: to use https://api.github.com/users/%s/keys

       If  the  protocol  is  not  explicitly specified, then ssh-import-id will read a URL variable
       string from /etc/ssh/ssh_import_id as installed by your package  manager  and  configured  by
       your system administrator.  You can override this locally by exporting the string you want in
       a  URL  environment  variable.  If all of these are empty, then the protocol is assumed to be
       "lp:", which was the original target implementation of this tool.

       Any keys added will be "labled" with a trailing  comment,  "#  ssh-import-id  PROTO:USER_ID".
       Revoking keys will first look for lines in the authorized keys file ending with that label.


SEE ALSO
       ssh(1)


FILES
       /etc/ssh/ssh_import_id


AUTHOR
       This  manpage  and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland AT gmail.com> for
       Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or
       modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version  3  published
       by the Free Software Foundation.

       On  Debian  systems,  the  complete  text  of  the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

ssh-import                                   4 Feb 2013                             ssh-import-id(1)