fedora-extras-list Digest, Vol 25, Issue 59

[Ralf Ertzinger]

Hi.

On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:19:06 -0800 (PST), Amit Dey wrote

> >Not exactly command line use, but I would be happy for a tool that
> >can get the passphrase for my ssh-keys from the gnome keyring.
> Can u give some brief idea bout passphrase, ssh-keys and gnome
> keyring. so that i could know if i can make this tool.

Whenever you ask ssh to add a key into it's keyring (via ssh-add),
ssh calls out to an external program to retrieve the passphrase needed
to decrypt the key (if the key is encrypted, that is).

ssh does not care how the external program gets the passphrase, as long
as one is delivered (via stdout of the external program).

The existing programs for this (/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass,
for example) display a dialog for the user to enter the passphrase in.

I'd like a program which queries the gnome keyring instead, so that
I have to enter just one passphrase (for the gnome keyring) instead 
of two (for the gnome keyring, and for the ssh key)