From 5bf5d67d497ed91c19851db6b904d54003afe67e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Lindstrom Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 04:31:38 +0000 Subject: - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/06/26 17:25:34 [ssh.1] document SSH_ASKPASS; fubob@MIT.EDU --- ssh.1 | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'ssh.1') diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1 index f56b330f1..05112812c 100644 --- a/ssh.1 +++ b/ssh.1 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.117 2001/06/23 17:48:19 itojun Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.118 2001/06/26 17:25:34 markus Exp $ .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSH 1 .Os @@ -1138,6 +1138,29 @@ Set to the default .Ev PATH , as specified when compiling .Nm ssh . +.It Ev SSH_ASKPASS +If +.Nm +needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the current +terminal if it was run from a terminal. +If +.Nm +does not have a terminal associated with it but +.Ev DISPLAY +and +.Ev SSH_ASKPASS +are set, it will execute the program specified by +.Ev SSH_ASKPASS +and open an X11 window to read the passphrase. +This is particularly useful when calling +.Nm +from a +.Pa .Xsession +or related script. +(Note that on some machines it +may be necessary to redirect the input from +.Pa /dev/null +to make this work.) .It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK indicates the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate with the agent. -- cgit v1.2.3