--- name: "gtk-led-askpass" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "gtk-led-askpass" version: "0.10-2" release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/gtk-led-askpass" --- # gtk-led-askpass(1) password dialog suitable for use with ssh-add ## 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)](/ssh-add/1.md) 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)](/x11-ssh-askpass/1.md), [**gnome-ssh-askpass**(1)](/gnome-ssh-askpass/1.md), **ssh-askpass**(1). ## AUTHOR Dafydd Harries \