GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS
Section: User Commands (1)
Index
Return to Main Contents
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.
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-
- AUTHOR
-
© Andrew Scott 2006 -
2024,
All Rights Reserved