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28.Dd February 28, 2014
29.Dt SSH-COPY-ID 1
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ssh-copy-id
33.Nd copy public keys to a remote host
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Fl lv
37.Op Fl i Ar keyfile
38.Op Fl o Ar option
39.Op Fl p Ar port
40.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar hostname
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility copies public keys to a remote host's
45.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
46file (creating the file and directory, if required).
47.Pp
48The following options are available:
49.Bl -tag -width indent
50.It Fl i Ar file
51Copy the public key contained in
52.Ar file .
53This option can be specified multiple times and can be combined with
54the
55.Fl l
56option.
57If a private key is specified and a public key is found then the public key
58will be used.
59.It Fl l
60Copy the keys currently held by
61.Xr ssh-agent 1 .
62This is the default if the
63.Fl i
64option was not specified.
65.It Fl o Ar ssh-option
66Pass this option directly to
67.Xr ssh 1 .
68This option can be specified multiple times.
69.It Fl p Ar port
70Connect to the specified port on the remote host instead of the
71default.
72.It Fl v
73Pass -v to
74.Xr ssh 1 .
75.El
76.Pp
77The remaining arguments are a list of remote hosts to connect to,
78each one optionally qualified by a user name.
79.Sh EXIT STATUS
80.Ex -std
81.Sh EXAMPLES
82To send a specific key to multiple hosts:
83.Dl $ ssh-copy-id -i /path/to/keyfile.pub user@host1 user@host2 user@host3
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Nm
87utility was written by
88.An Eitan Adler Aq Mt eadler@FreeBSD.org
89as a drop-in replacement for an existing utility included with
90OpenSSH.
91