i have add public form another computer.

on my computer i see the files in the ssh folder

user@user-170:~/.ssh$ ls
authorized_keys config id_rsa id_rsa.pub known_hosts known_hosts.old

now i see the list of keys

user@user-170:~/.ssh$ ssh-add -l
2048 fc:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:13 user@user-php (RSA)

now i want to add authorized_keys which i have added from different computer, but it ask me to enter passphrase and what ever i enter it will just keep asking me about the pass phrase

user@user-170:~/.ssh$ ssh-add authorized_keys
Enter passphrase for authorized_keys:
Bad passphrase, try again for authorized_keys:
Bad passphrase, try again for authorized_keys:
Bad passphrase, try again for authorized_keys:
Bad passphrase, try again for authorized_keys: 

and it keeps on asking

what passphrase should i give to take it

Thanks in advance

1 Answer

ssh-add is a command for ssh agent, not to add keys.

See

ssh-add adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent,

See

You might want ssh-copy-id or simply cat

cat key >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

The password you would enter would be the user password (ssh-copy-id) or the password on the key (ssh-add)

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