NAME¶
gnome-ssh-askpass - prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME
SYNOPSIS¶
gnome-ssh-askpass
DESCRIPTION¶
gnome-ssh-askpass is a GNOME-based passphrase dialog for use with
OpenSSH. It is intended to be called by the
ssh-add(1) program and not
invoked directly. It allows
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
ssh-add is
invoked from one's
~/.xsession or as one of the GNOME startup programs,
for example.
In order to be called automatically by
ssh-add,
gnome-ssh-askpass
should be installed as
/usr/bin/ssh-askpass.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
The following environment variables are recognized:
- GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_SERVER
- Causes gnome-ssh-askpass to grab the X server before asking for a
passphrase.
- GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_POINTER
- Causes gnome-ssh-askpass to grab the mouse pointer using
gdk_pointer_grab() before asking for a passphrase.
Regardless of whether either of these environment variables is set,
gnome-ssh-askpass will grab the keyboard using
gdk_keyboard_grab().
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
x11-ssh-askpass by Philip Hands.