SSH-ASKPASS-FULLSCREEN(1)

NAME
ssh-askpass-fullscreen - A simple replacement for ssh-askpass written with gtk2

SYNOPSIS
ssh-askpass-fullscreen

DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

gnome-ssh-askpass is a GTK-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 auto-matically in the case where ssh-add is invoked from one's ~/.xsession or as one of the GUI startup programs, for example. In order to be called automatically by ssh-add, ssh-askpass-fullscreen should be installed as /usr/bin/ssh-askpass

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables are recognized:

GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_SERVER
                  Causes ssh-askpass-fullscreen to grab the X server before asking for a passphrase.

GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_POINTER
                  Causes ssh-askpass-fullscreen to grab the mouse pointer will be grabbed too.

These may have some benefit to security if you don't trust your X server. Keyboard is always grabbed.

SEE ALSO
ssh-add(1),
    ssh-askpass(1).

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Marco Presi (Zufus) <zufus@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others) and it is based on that for x11-ssh-askpass by Philip Hands and the one for gnome-ssh-askpass by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>