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 pub-
lic 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 la-
bel.
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.
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