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NAME

yubikey-agent - a seamless ssh-agent for YubiKeys

CONFIGURATION

To start yubikey-agent automatically, enable its service using:

: systemctl --user enable yubikey-service.user

To start yubikey-agent once, start its service using:

: systemctl --user start yubikey-service.user

You must also set the $SSH_AUTH_SOCK variable to "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/yubikey-agent/yubikey-agent.sock".
In bash, this can be done by running the following command before your first use of yubikey-agent:

: echo 'export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/yubikey-agent/yubikey-agent.sock"' >> ~/.bashrc

DESCRIPTION

yubikey-agent [options] command [arguments]

OPTIONS

-setup

: Generate a new SSH key on the attached YubiKey.

-l PATH

: Run the agent, listening on the UNIX socket at PATH.

September 2021

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