SSH-ASKPASS(S)                                     SSH-ASKPASS(S)



NAME
       ssh-askpass - prompts an X user for a passphrase

SYNOPSIS
       ssh-askpass

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  documents briefly the ssh-askpass com-
       mand.   This  manual  page  was  written  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux  distribution  because the original program does
       not have a manual page.

       ssh-askpass  (also  known  as   x11-ssh-askpass)   is   an
       X11-based  passphrase  dialog for use with OpenSSH.  It is
       intended to replace the Perl/Tk-based  ssh-askpass  dialog
       and   GNOME-based   ssh-askpass   dialog  which  accompany
       OpenSSH-1.2.

       These dialogs are intended to be called by the  ssh-add(d)
       program  and  not invoked directly.  They allow ssh-add(d)
       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.


SEE ALSO
       The program's home page:

       http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/


AUTHOR
       This   manual   page   was   written   by   Philip   Hands
       <phil@hands.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
       be used by others).



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