yubikey-agent1

Configuration

To start yubikey-agent automatically, enable its service using:

systemctl --user enable yubikey-service.user

To start yubikey-agent once, start its service using:

systemctl --user start yubikey-service.user

You must also set the $SSH_AUTH_SOCK variable to "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/yubikey-agent/yubikey-agent.sock".

In bash, this can be done by running the following command before your first use of yubikey-agent:

echo 'export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/yubikey-agent/yubikey-agent.sock"' >> ~/.bashrc

Overview

yubikey-agent [options] command [arguments]