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17.Dd $Mdocdate: April 29 2022 $
18.Dt SSH-SK-HELPER 8
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ssh-sk-helper
22.Nd OpenSSH helper for FIDO authenticator support
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Nm
25.Op Fl v
26.Sh DESCRIPTION
27.Nm
28is used by
29.Xr ssh 1 ,
30.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
31and
32.Xr ssh-keygen 1
33to access keys provided by a FIDO authenticator.
34.Pp
35.Nm
36is not intended to be invoked directly by the user.
37.Pp
38A single option is supported:
39.Bl -tag -width Ds
40.It Fl v
41Verbose mode.
42Causes
43.Nm
44to print debugging messages about its progress.
45This is helpful in debugging problems.
46Multiple
47.Fl v
48options increase the verbosity.
49The maximum is 3.
50.Pp
51Note that
52.Xr ssh 1 ,
53.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
54and
55.Xr ssh-keygen 1
56will automatically pass the
57.Fl v
58flag to
59.Nm
60when they have themselves been placed in debug mode.
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr ssh 1 ,
64.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
65.Xr ssh-keygen 1
66.Sh HISTORY
67.Nm
68first appeared in
69.Ox 6.7 .
70.Sh AUTHORS
71.An Damien Miller Aq Mt djm@openbsd.org
72