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GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS (1) General Commands Manual GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS (1)

NAME

gnome-ssh-askpass — prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME

SYNOPSIS

gnome-ssh-askpass [ message ... ]

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 (1) 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 (1), the SSH_ASKPASS environment variable should be set to point to the location of gnome-ssh-askpass , or gnome-ssh-askpass should be installed as /usr/bin/ssh-askpass .

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables are recognized:

GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_BG_COLOR

Text area background color, specified as hexadecimal RGB or RRGGBB, optionally prefixed by “#” or “0x”.

GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_FG_COLOR

Text area foreground color, specified as hexadecimal RGB or RRGGBB, optionally prefixed by “#” or “0x”.

GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_POINTER

If set, causes gnome-ssh-askpass to grab the mouse pointer before asking for a passphrase.

GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_SERVER

If set, causes gnome-ssh-askpass to grab the X server before asking for a passphrase.

SSH_ASKPASS_PROMPT

If set to confirm , show a yes-or-no prompt, defaulting to yes. If set to none , show a prompt with only a close button. Otherwise, show an OK-or-cancel prompt, defaulting to OK. This environment variable is typically set by ssh-add (1), and should not normally be set manually.

Regardless of whether either GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_POINTER or GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_SERVER is set, gnome-ssh-askpass will grab the keyboard. Debian November 14, 2022 GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS (1)