.TH GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS 1
.SH NAME
gnome\-ssh\-askpass \- prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
is a GNOME-based passphrase dialog for use with OpenSSH.
It is intended to be called by the
.BR ssh\-add (1)
program and not invoked directly.
It allows
.BR ssh\-add (1)
to obtain a passphrase from a user, even if not connected to a terminal
(assuming that an X display is available).
This happens automatically in the case where
.B ssh\-add
is invoked from one's
.B ~/.xsession
or as one of the GNOME startup programs, for example.
.PP
In order to be called automatically by
.BR ssh\-add ,
.B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
should be installed as
.IR /usr/bin/ssh\-askpass .
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
The following environment variables are recognized:
.TP
.I GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_SERVER
Causes
.B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
to grab the X server before asking for a passphrase.
.TP
.I GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_POINTER
Causes
.B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
to grab the mouse pointer using
.IR gdk_pointer_grab ()
before asking for a passphrase.
.PP
Regardless of whether either of these environment variables is set,
.B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
will grab the keyboard using
.IR gdk_keyboard_grab ().
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
It was based on that for
.B x11\-ssh\-askpass
by Philip Hands.