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ssh-sk-helper

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OpenSSH helper for FIDO authenticator support

Administration and privileged commands1 optionsopenssh-client 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u4
ssh-sk-helper [-v]

Options

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-v

Verbose mode. Causes ssh-sk-helper to print debugging messages about its progress. This is helpful in debugging problems. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity. The maximum is 3. Note that ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) will automatically pass the -v flag to ssh-sk-helper when they have themselves been placed in debug mode.

DESCRIPTION

ssh-sk-helper is used by ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) to access keys provided by a FIDO authenticator.

ssh-sk-helper is not intended to be invoked directly by the user.

A single option is supported:

Verbose mode. Causes ssh-sk-helper to print debugging messages about its progress. This is helpful in debugging problems. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity. The maximum is 3.

Note that ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) will automatically pass the -v flag to ssh-sk-helper when they have themselves been placed in debug mode.

HISTORY

ssh-sk-helper first appeared in OpenBSD 6.7.

AUTHORS

Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org>

See also

ssh(1)ssh-agent(1)ssh-keygen(1)