SSH-SK-HELPER(8)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is ssh-sk-helper (the manual page for SSH-SK-HELPER(8), from the System Manager's Manual 💅), and it's an OpenSSH helper for FIDO authenticator support 🔐✨

🧚 SYNOPSIS 🧚

ssh-sk-helper [-v]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay bestie, so ssh-sk-helper is the behind-the-scenes friend that ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) call on when they need to get keys from a FIDO authenticator 🦋 it's giving teamwork

🙈 Don't run this one yourself! It's not meant to be invoked directly by you. Let the other programs handle it, periodt.

only one option is supported, and it's giving minimalist:

• -v — verbose mode 🔊 this makes ssh-sk-helper print debugging messages about what it's up to. super helpful when something is going wrong 😭 you can stack it, like -v -v, and each one cranks up the verbosity. the max is 3, so don't go past that bestie

Quick heads up: ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), and ssh-keygen(1) will automatically pass the -v flag to ssh-sk-helper when they have been put into debug mode. so if you're already in debug mode, the helper follows along automatically 💜

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

ssh(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1) 🎀

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

ssh-sk-helper first showed up in OpenBSD 6.7 👑 iconic origin story

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org> 🔥 the legend himself

Okay that's the whole page! It was served up by Debian, dated April 29, 2022, and it's SSH-SK-HELPER(8) forever 🌈💅✨