NAME¶
ssh-askpass-fullscreen - A simple replacement for ssh-askpass written with gtk2
SYNOPSIS¶
ssh-askpass-fullscreen
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original
program does not have a manual page.
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 auto-matically 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,
ssh-askpass-fullscreen should be installed as /usr/bin/ssh-askpass
ssh-askpass-fullscreen is a program that...
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 will be grabbed too.
These may have some benefit to security if you don't trust your X server.
Keyboard is always grabbed.
SEE ALSO¶
ssh-add(1),
ssh-askpass(1).
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Marco Presi (Zufus) <zufus@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others) and it is based on
that for x11-ssh-askpass by Philip Hands and the one for gnome-ssh-askpass by
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>