1SSH-COPY-ID(1)              General Commands Manual             SSH-COPY-ID(1)
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NAME

6       ssh-copy-id  -  install  your  public  key in a remote machine's autho‐
7       rized_keys
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SYNOPSIS

10       ssh-copy-id [-i [identity_file]] [user@]machine
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DESCRIPTION

13       ssh-copy-id is a script that uses ssh to  log  into  a  remote  machine
14       (presumably  using  a login password, so password authentication should
15       be enabled, unless you've done some clever use of multiple identities)
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17       It also changes the permissions of the remote user's home, ~/.ssh,  and
18       ~/.ssh/authorized_keys  to remove group writability (which would other‐
19       wise prevent you from logging in, if the remote  sshd  has  StrictModes
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22       If  the  -i  option  is  given  then  the  identity  file  (defaults to
23       ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) is used, regardless of whether there are any keys in
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28       provides any output, it uses that in preference to the identity file.
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30       If  the  -i  option is used, or the ssh-add produced no output, then it
31       uses the contents of the identity file.  Once it has one or  more  fin‐
32       gerprints   (by   whatever  means)  it  uses  ssh  to  append  them  to
33       ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote machine (creating  the  file,  and
34       directory, if necessary)
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SEE ALSO

38       ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), sshd(8)
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