find_host_userid > /dev/null && \
failure "Host userID '$userID' already exists."
-echo "The following user ID will be added to the host key:"
-echo " $userID"
-read -p "Are you sure you would like to add this user ID? (y/N) " OK; OK=${OK:=N}
-if [ ${OK/y/Y} != 'Y' ] ; then
- failure "User ID not added."
+if [ "$PROMPT" = "true" ] ; then
+ echo "The following user ID will be added to the host key:"
+ echo " $userID"
+ read -p "Are you sure you would like to add this user ID? (y/N) " OK; OK=${OK:=N}
+ if [ ${OK/y/Y} != 'Y' ] ; then
+ failure "User ID not added."
+ fi
+else
+ log debug "adding user ID without prompting."
fi
# edit-key script command to add user ID