09-01-2009
Copy-paste string automatically
Hi i'm not really sure if it's possible or not in bash. Basically I want to convert a ssh key created with ssh-keygen to putty format. The problem is that puttygen doesn't have an option for supplying passphrase in batch mode so it must be entered manually. For sskey generated with ssh-keygen i use a random passphrase and I don't know the passphrase until I send it to my email.
Of course that the passphrase is kept in a variable.
The question is , can i enter automatically the passphrase when certain input is required from the user ? (ie when puttygen asking for passphrase).
I know I can temporary echo the passphrase in bash but it isn't quite what I'm looking for.
Thank you.
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gnome-ssh-askpass
GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS(1) General Commands Manual GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS(1)
NAME
gnome-ssh-askpass - prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME
SYNOPSIS
gnome-ssh-askpass
DESCRIPTION
gnome-ssh-askpass is a GNOME-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 automatically in the case where ssh-add is invoked from one's ~/.xsession or as one of the GNOME startup pro-
grams, for example.
In order to be called automatically by ssh-add, gnome-ssh-askpass should be installed as /usr/bin/ssh-askpass.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables are recognized:
GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_SERVER
Causes gnome-ssh-askpass to grab the X server before asking for a passphrase.
GNOME_SSH_ASKPASS_GRAB_POINTER
Causes gnome-ssh-askpass to grab the mouse pointer using gdk_pointer_grab() before asking for a passphrase.
Regardless of whether either of these environment variables is set, gnome-ssh-askpass will grab the keyboard using gdk_keyboard_grab().
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). It was based on that
for x11-ssh-askpass by Philip Hands.
GNOME-SSH-ASKPASS(1)