NAME
yubikey-agent - a seamless ssh-agent for YubiKeys
CONFIGURATION
- To start yubikey-agent automatically, enable its service using:
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systemctl --user enable yubikey-service.user
- To start yubikey-agent once, start its service using:
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systemctl --user start yubikey-service.user
- You must also set the $SSH_AUTH_SOCK variable to "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/yubikey-agent/yubikey-agent.sock".
- In bash, this can be done by running the following command before your first use of yubikey-agent:
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echo 'export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/yubikey-agent/yubikey-agent.sock"' >> ~/.bashrc
DESCRIPTION
yubikey-agent [options] command [arguments]
OPTIONS
- -setup
-
Generate a new SSH key on the attached YubiKey.
- -l PATH
-
Run the agent, listening on the UNIX socket at PATH.