ssh-copy-id

ssh-copy-idman

• 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)
• ~/.ssh/authorized_keysconfig file
• ssh-add command for OpenSSH authentication agent
• aws ec2-instance-connect send-ssh-public-key
• ssh-import-id
• id

See also

• ssh-copy-id, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
• id, ssh-copy-id