---
name: "authorized-keys-test"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnet-ssh-authorizedkeysfile-perl"
version: "0.18-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/authorized-keys-test"
---

# authorized-keys-test(1p)

## NAME

```
    authorized-keys-test - Validate a authorized_keys file
```

## SYNOPSIS

```
    authorized-keys-test ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
```

## DESCRIPTION

authorized-keys-test reads in the keys of an ssh client authorized\_keys file and reports any errors.

## OPTIONS

- \-v

  Verbose mode. Turns on DEBUG instead of INFO.

- \-s

  Strict mode. If on, the test insists on properly formatted authorized\_keys files and isn't nearly as lenient as the sshd daemon's parser.

## EXAMPLES

```
  $ authorized-keys-test ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
  /home/joe/.ssh/authorized_keys ok
  Found 4 keys
    * ssh-2
    * ssh-2
    * ssh-2
    * ssh-2
     # strict mode:
  $ authorized-keys-test -s ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
  AuthorizedKeysFile.pm-69: Key [eme alsdkfj] failed sanity check -- ignored
  AuthorizedKeysFile.pm-71: Strict mode on: Abort
  /home/joe/.ssh/authorized_keys *not* ok
  Found 4 keys
    * ssh-2
    * ssh-2
    * ssh-2
    * ssh-2
```

## LEGALESE

Copyright 2009 by Mike Schilli, all rights reserved. This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## AUTHOR

2009, Mike Schilli \<cpan@perlmeister.com\>