Registering a Secret Key by ssh-add

Registration of Private Key

By executing the following command in the terminal, the private key will be registered on the Mac.

Example: Private key exists in /home/user/Desktop/id_rsa

$ ssh-add /home/user/Desktop/id_rsa

By using ssh-add (transfer agent), you can omit the passphrase of the private key when you log in to the login node.

To delete the registered private key, execute the following command.

$ ssh-add -D