ssh-add -h gives incomplete message

Ulrich Windl Ulrich.Windl at rz.uni-regensburg.de
Thu Sep 4 17:08:31 EST 2003


Hi,

I just realized that the help message of "ssh-add -h" is incomplete:

# ssh-add -h
ssh-add: illegal option -- h
Usage: ssh-add [options]
Options:
  -l          List fingerprints of all identities.
  -L          List public key parameters of all identities.
  -d          Delete identity.
  -D          Delete all identities.
  -x          Lock agent.
  -X          Unlock agent.
  -t life     Set lifetime (in seconds) when adding identities.

The manual page says:
 SYNOPSIS
      ssh-add [-lLdDxX] [-t life] [file ...]
      ssh-add -s reader
      ssh-add -e reader

Most important, ssh-add -h does not tell you that you may pass an identity 
file as argument.

Regards,
Ulrich




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