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scones
Asked: 2016-08-09 01:37:23 +0800 CST

ssh - retrieve public key from ssh-agent

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I am searching for a way to extract the public key from the authentication agent. I want to be able to write the public key out into a file, after i added the key to the ssh-agent (ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa).

ssh-add -l displays the fingerprint for me, but is there a way to get the complete public key?

Thank you for your suggestions

ssh-agent ssh-keys

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  1. Best Answer

    man ssh-add will show you all the options available. One of them is ssh-add -L. As the man page says,

     -L      Lists public key parameters of all identities currently repre-
         sented by the agent.

    In other words, it will print out the public key.

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