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33 .Nd copy public keys to a remote host
40 .Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar hostname
44 utility copies public keys to a remote host's
45 .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
46 file (creating the file and directory, if required).
48 The following options are available:
49 .Bl -tag -width indent
51 Copy the public key contained in
53 This option can be specified multiple times and can be combined with
57 If a private key is specified and a public key is found then the public key
60 Copy the keys currently held by
62 This is the default if the
64 option was not specified.
65 .It Fl o Ar ssh-option
66 Pass this option directly to
68 This option can be specified multiple times.
70 Connect to the specified port on the remote host instead of the
77 The remaining arguments are a list of remote hosts to connect to,
78 each one optionally qualified by a user name.
82 To send a specific key to multiple hosts:
83 .Dl $ ssh-copy-id -i /path/to/keyfile.pub user@host1 user@host2 user@host3
87 utility was written by
88 .An Eitan Adler Aq eadler@FreeBSD.org
89 as a drop-in replacement for an existing utility included with