NAME

     kwalletaskpass — kwallet-based pass-phrase dialog for use with OpenSSH

SYNOPSIS

     kwalletaskpass [options] label

DESCRIPTION

     kwalletaskpass is a kwallet- and pinentry-based pass-phrase dialog for use with OpenSSH.  It is intended to
     be called from the ssh-add(1) programme and not invoked directly.

     If a passphrase is requested, kwalletaskpass works by first looking up the passphrase in the KWallet by
     means of kwalletcli(1); using it if found, then calling kwalletcli_getpin(1) to interactively retrieve an
     answer from the user via pinentry otherwise.  If the user specifies a passphrase, kwalletcli_getpin(1) is
     run again to ask if the passphrase should be stored in the KWallet.  Negative answers will be stored in the
     KWallet to avoid being asked each time.  kwalletaskpass uses the KWallet folders kwalletaskpass and
     kwalletaskpass-blacklist with matching entry names.

     If anything other than a key passphrase is requested, it is merely relayed to kwalletcli_getpin(1).  Some
     requests are known to require a boolean answer and are relayed using the boolean query flag; all others are
     relayed using a PIN query.  ssh(1) accepts either the literal word “yes” (case-insensitively matched) or an
     empty answer (both only when using the OK button) as confirmation.

     There are currently no options.

RETURN VALUES

     kwalletaskpass exits 0 on success, 1 if the user cancelled the dialogue, or >1 if an error occured.

ENVIRONMENT

     DISPLAY   The X11 display to use for child processes.  If this is unset or empty, kwalletcli will not be
               called.

     PINENTRY  The pinentry programme to use.  The default is inherited from kwalletcli_getpin(1).

SEE ALSO

     kwalletcli(1), kwalletcli_getpin(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-askpass(1)

AUTHORS

     kwalletaskpass was written by Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org> mostly for tarent GmbH.  The idea came from
     an askpass.C file found somewhere on the 'net, with no author information.  Since it was licenced less
     freely, this is a rewrite from scratch; modular and with more functionality, too.