AGENT-TRANSFER(1) - Linux man page online | User commands
Copy a secret key from gpg-agent to ssh-agent.
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May 2016
AGENT-TRANSFER(1) User Commands AGENT-TRANSFER(1)
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NAME
agent-transfer - copy a secret key from gpg-agent to ssh-agentSYNOPSIS
agent-transfer [options] KEYGRIP [COMMENT]DESCRIPTION
agent-transfer extracts a secret key from a modern version of GnuPG agent and sends it to the running SSH agent. This is useful for people whose keys are managed in the long-term by GnuPG's gpg-agent, but who prefer the semantics of OpenSSH's ssh-agent for regular use. agent-transfer was written as part of the monkeysphere project. The KEYGRIP should be specified as a sequence of 20 hexadecimal characters. If you aren't sure of the keygrip, you can inspect the output of: gpg --with-keygrip --list-secret-keys The COMMENT is optional, and will be stored alongside the key in ssh-agent. It must not start with a -, to avoid being mistaken for an option.OPTIONS
agent-transfer also accepts options that would normally be passed to ssh-add(1) to con‐ strain the use of the transferred key: -c Indicates that added identities should be subject to confirmation before being used for authentication. -t SECONDS Indicates that the key should have a lifetime of SECONDS in the running ssh-agent.FILES
~/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent The socket where gpg-agent is listening. This is the "standard socket" for modern GnuPG.ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
GNUPGHOME The GnuPG home directory, where the standard socket for gpg-agent lives. If this is not set, it is assumed to be ~/.gnupg. SSH_AUTH_SOCK Specifies the location where the running ssh-agent is present. Several other environment variables are also passed in some form to the gpg-agent to help it figure out how to run a sensible pinentry, including GPG_TTY, TERM, DISPLAY, XAUTHOR‐ ITY, GTK_IM_MODULE, DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS, and LANG.AUTHOR
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SEE ALSO
monkeysphere(7), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), gpg(1) gpg-agent(1),| This manual | Reference | Other manuals |
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| agent-transfer(1) | referred by | |
| refer to | gpg(1) | gpg-agent(1) | monkeysphere(7) | ssh(1) | ssh-add(1) | ssh-agent(1) |