gtk-led-askpass.1

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.SH NAME
gtk-led-askpass \- password dialog suitable for use with ssh-add
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gtk-led-askpass
.RI [ question ]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B gtk-led-askpass
is a GTK+-based passphrase dialog suitable for use with the
.BR ssh-add (1)
command. ssh-add will try to execute the commands $SSH_ASKPASS or ssh-askpass
if the $DISPLAY environment variable is set and its standard input is not a
terminal. These conditions are automatically true if ssh-add is invoked from
within
.BR xsession (5)
or as part of the GNOME login procedure. Assuming $DISPLAY is set correctly,
"ssh-add < /dev/null" will work within a terminal.
.PP
You can express a preference for gtk-led-askpass over other ssh-askpass
implementations by setting the $SSH_ASKPASS environment variable.
.PP
gtk-led-askpass recognizes Backspace for deleting a character and Control-u
for deleting all characters.
.PP
gtk-led-askpass encodes non-ASCII input characters in UTF-8.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B question
Optionally, the question to ask the user.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR x11-ssh-askpass (1),
.BR gnome-ssh-askpass (1),
.BR ssh-askpass (1).

.SH AUTHOR
Dafydd Harries <daf@muse.19inch.net>