1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Eitan Adler 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.Dd February 28, 2014 26.Dt SSH-COPY-ID 1 27.Os 28.Sh NAME 29.Nm ssh-copy-id 30.Nd copy public keys to a remote host 31.Sh SYNOPSIS 32.Nm 33.Op Fl lv 34.Op Fl i Ar keyfile 35.Op Fl o Ar option 36.Op Fl p Ar port 37.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar hostname 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Nm 41utility copies public keys to a remote host's 42.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys 43file (creating the file and directory, if required). 44.Pp 45The following options are available: 46.Bl -tag -width indent 47.It Fl i Ar file 48Copy the public key contained in 49.Ar file . 50This option can be specified multiple times and can be combined with 51the 52.Fl l 53option. 54If a private key is specified and a public key is found then the public key 55will be used. 56.It Fl l 57Copy the keys currently held by 58.Xr ssh-agent 1 . 59This is the default if the 60.Fl i 61option was not specified. 62.It Fl o Ar ssh-option 63Pass this option directly to 64.Xr ssh 1 . 65This option can be specified multiple times. 66.It Fl p Ar port 67Connect to the specified port on the remote host instead of the 68default. 69.It Fl v 70Pass -v to 71.Xr ssh 1 . 72.El 73.Pp 74The remaining arguments are a list of remote hosts to connect to, 75each one optionally qualified by a user name. 76.Sh EXIT STATUS 77.Ex -std 78.Sh EXAMPLES 79To send a specific key to multiple hosts: 80.Dl $ ssh-copy-id -i /path/to/keyfile.pub user@host1 user@host2 user@host3 81.Sh HISTORY 82The 83.Nm 84utility was written by 85.An Eitan Adler Aq Mt eadler@FreeBSD.org 86as a drop-in replacement for an existing utility included with 87OpenSSH. 88