bionic (1) gnome-ssh-askpass.1.gz

Provided by: ssh-askpass-gnome_7.6p1-4ubuntu0.7_amd64 bug

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.

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