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NAME

       gtk-led-askpass - password dialog suitable for use with ssh-add

SYNOPSIS

       gtk-led-askpass [question]

DESCRIPTION

       gtk-led-askpass is a GTK+-based passphrase dialog suitable for use with
       the 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 xsession(5) or as
       part of the GNOME login procedure. Assuming $DISPLAY is set  correctly,
       "ssh-add < /dev/null" will work within a terminal.

       You can express a preference for gtk-led-askpass over other ssh-askpass
       implementations by setting the $SSH_ASKPASS environment variable.

       gtk-led-askpass recognizes  Backspace  for  deleting  a  character  and
       Control-u for deleting all characters.

       gtk-led-askpass encodes non-ASCII input characters in UTF-8.

OPTIONS

       question
              Optionally, the question to ask the user.

SEE ALSO

       x11-ssh-askpass(1), gnome-ssh-askpass(1), ssh-askpass(1).

AUTHOR

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

                                October 4, 2003