tldr/pages/common/ssh-agent.md

# ssh-agent

> Spawn an SSH Agent process.
> An SSH Agent holds SSH keys decrypted in memory until removed or the process is killed.
> See also `ssh-add`, which can add and manage keys held by an SSH Agent.
> More information: <https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-agent>.

- Start an SSH Agent for the current shell:

`eval $(ssh-agent)`

- Kill the currently running agent:

`ssh-agent -k`
ssh-agent: add page (#3907) Co-authored-by: Starbeamrainbowlabs <sbrl@starbeamrainbowlabs.com> Co-authored-by: Zlatan Vasović <zlatanvasovic@gmail.com> 2020-03-19 05:34:52 -05:00			`# ssh-agent`

			`> Spawn an SSH Agent process.`
			`> An SSH Agent holds SSH keys decrypted in memory until removed or the process is killed.`
			> See also `ssh-add`, which can add and manage keys held by an SSH Agent.
common/ssh*: add more information link (#6659) 2021-10-04 23:39:50 +11:00			`> More information: <https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-agent>.`
ssh-agent: add page (#3907) Co-authored-by: Starbeamrainbowlabs <sbrl@starbeamrainbowlabs.com> Co-authored-by: Zlatan Vasović <zlatanvasovic@gmail.com> 2020-03-19 05:34:52 -05:00
			`- Start an SSH Agent for the current shell:`

			`eval $(ssh-agent)`

			`- Kill the currently running agent:`

			`ssh-agent -k`