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.TH SSH-ASKPASS 1
.SH NAME
ssh-askpass \- prompts an X user for a passphrase
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ssh-askpass
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B ssh-askpass
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
.B 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.
.PP
These dialogs are intended to be called by the
.BR ssh-add (1)
program and not invoked directly. They allow
.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 ssh-add is invoked from one's
.B ~/.xsession
or as one of the Gnome startup programs, for example.
.SH SEE ALSO
The program's home page:
.PP
http://www.jmknoble.net/software/x11-ssh-askpass/
.SH 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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