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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gpg-agent.texi')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index 01b4227c6..17bd59c7a 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -326,10 +326,8 @@ Ignore requests to change change the current @sc{tty} respective the X window system's @code{DISPLAY} variable. This is useful to lock the pinentry to pop up at the @sc{tty} or display you started the agent. -@item --ssh-support -@itemx --ssh-support -@opindex ssh-support -@opindex ssh +@item --enable-ssh-support +@opindex enable-ssh-support Enable emulation of the OpenSSH Agent protocol. @@ -350,13 +348,11 @@ Once, a key has been added to the gpg-agent this way, the gpg-agent will be ready to use the key. Note: in case the gpg-agent receives a signature request, the user -might need to be prompted for a passphrased, which is necessary for +might need to be prompted for a passphrase, which is necessary for decrypting the stored key. Since the ssh-agent protocol does not contain a mechanism for telling the agent on which display/terminal it -is running, gpg-agent's --ssh-support switch implies --keep-display -and --keep-tty. This strategy causes the gpg-agent to open a pinentry -on the display or on the terminal, on which it (the gpg-agent) was -started. +is running, gpg-agent's ssh-support will use the TTY or X display where +gpg-agent has been started. @end table |