---
name: "ksshaskpass"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ksshaskpass"
version: "6.8.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ksshaskpass"
---

# ksshaskpass(1)

prompts a user for a passphrase using KDE

## NAME

ksshaskpass - prompts a user for a passphrase using KDE

## SYNOPSIS

**ksshaskpass**

## DESCRIPTION

*kshaskpass* is a KDE-based passphrase dialog for use with OpenSSH. It is intended to be called by the [**ssh-add**(1)](/ssh-add/1.md) program and not invoked directly. It allows [**ssh-add**(1)](/ssh-add/1.md) to obtain a passphrase from a user, even if not connected to a terminal (assuming that an X display is available). This happens automatically in the case where *ssh-add* is invoked from one's ~/.xsession or as one of the KDE startup programs, for example.

In order to be called automatically by *ssh-add*, *ksshaskpass* should be installed as /usr/bin/ssh-askpass.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Armin Berres \<trigger@space-based.de\>. It was based on that for gnome-ssh-askpass by Colin Watson \<cjwatson@debian.org\>.