ssh-copy-id

• http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hirsute/man1/ssh-copy-id.1.html

• ssh-copy-id [email protected]
• ssh-copy-id -i /path/to/your/key.pub [email protected]

Errors

ssh-copy-id -i id_ed25519_YOUR_KEY hostname.example.com
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: Source of key(s) to be installed: "id_ed25519_YOUR_KEY.pub"
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed

/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: WARNING: All keys were skipped because they already exist on the remote system.
		 (if you think this is a mistake, you may want to use -f option)

ssh-copy-id  -i /tmp/rsa.pub [email protected]
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: failed to open ID file '/tmp/rsa': No such file or directory

(to install the contents of '/tmp/rsa.pub' anyway, look at the -f option)

Related terms

• authorized_key (Ansible)
• authorized_keysconfig file
• ssh-add

See also

• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF