OPKSSH(1)

📦 version 0.16.0, in ubuntu stonking

✨ OPKSSH(1) ✨

okay bestie, so opkssh is literally SSH with OpenPubkey and I need you to be seated for this 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

opkssh — SSH with OpenPubkey 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

SSH with OpenPubkey. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

💖 This program allows users to:

  • Login and create SSH key pairs using their OpenID Connect identity 🔑
  • Add policies to auth_id policy files 📝
  • Verify OpenPubkey SSH certificates for use with sshd's AuthorizedKeysCommand ✅

🫶 Usage:

opkssh [flags]
opkssh [command]

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

opkssh login
opkssh add root alice@example.com https://accounts.google.com

not me giving you the actual syntax so you don't have to guess 😭 iconic behavior fr fr

👑 Available Commands:

  • add — Appends new rule to the policy file 📝
  • audit — Validate policy file entries against provider definitions 🔍
  • client — Interact with client configuration ⚙️
  • help — Help about any command 🆘
  • inspect — Inspect and view details of an opkssh generated SSH key 👀
  • login — Authenticate with an OpenID Provider to generate an SSH key for opkssh 🔐
  • logout — Remove opkssh-generated SSH keys and certificates 🧹
  • permissions — Check and fix filesystem permissions required by opkssh 🔒
  • readhome — Read the principal's home policy file 🏠
  • verify — Verify an SSH key (used by sshd AuthorizedKeysCommand) 🧚

💅 Flags:

  • -h, --help — help for opkssh 🫶
  • -v, --version — version for opkssh ✨
Use "opkssh [command] --help" for more information about a command. yes bestie, there's more, go read it 👑

so yeah, that's the whole page and it ate. go be the main character of your own SSH setup 💖

this was opkssh 0.16.0-1, dated July 2026, filed under OPKSSH(1) in User Commands. mwah, stan 🎀

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