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version 1.118, 2001/06/26 17:25:34 |
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.Ev PATH , |
.Ev PATH , |
as specified when compiling |
as specified when compiling |
.Nm ssh . |
.Nm ssh . |
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.It Ev SSH_ASKPASS |
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If |
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.Nm |
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needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the current |
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terminal if it was run from a terminal. |
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If |
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.Nm |
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does not have a terminal associated with it but |
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.Ev DISPLAY |
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and |
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.Ev SSH_ASKPASS |
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are set, it will execute the program specified by |
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.Ev SSH_ASKPASS |
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and open an X11 window to read the passphrase. |
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This is particularly useful when calling |
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.Nm |
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from a |
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.Pa .Xsession |
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or related script. |
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(Note that on some machines it |
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may be necessary to redirect the input from |
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.Pa /dev/null |
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to make this work.) |
.It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK |
.It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK |
indicates the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate with the |
indicates the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate with the |
agent. |
agent. |