1 .TH GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS 1
3 gnome\-ssh\-askpass \- prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME
8 is a GNOME-based passphrase dialog for use with OpenSSH.
9 It is intended to be called by the
11 program and not invoked directly.
14 to obtain a passphrase from a user, even if not connected to a terminal
15 (assuming that an X display is available).
16 This happens automatically in the case where
20 or as one of the GNOME startup programs, for example.
22 In order to be called automatically by
24 .B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
25 should be installed as
26 .IR /usr/bin/ssh\-askpass .
27 .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
28 The following environment variables are recognized:
30 .I GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_SERVER
32 .B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
33 to grab the X server before asking for a passphrase.
35 .I GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_POINTER
37 .B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
38 to grab the mouse pointer using
39 .IR gdk_pointer_grab ()
40 before asking for a passphrase.
42 Regardless of whether either of these environment variables is set,
43 .B gnome\-ssh\-askpass
44 will grab the keyboard using
45 .IR gdk_keyboard_grab ().
47 This manual page was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
48 for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
49 It was based on that for