yubikey-agent(1)

a seamless ssh-agent for YubiKeys

Section 1 yubikey-agent bookworm source

Description

USAGE

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.