-\versionid $Id: pageant.but,v 1.8 2002/09/11 17:30:36 jacob Exp $
+\define{versionidpageant} \versionid $Id$
\C{pageant} Using Pageant for authentication
\H{pageant-start} Getting started with Pageant
-Before you run Pageant, you need to have a private key. See
-\k{pubkey} to find out how to generate and use one.
+Before you run Pageant, you need to have a private key in \c{*.PPK}
+format. See \k{pubkey} to find out how to generate and use one.
When you run Pageant, it will put an icon of a computer wearing a
hat into the System tray. It will then sit and do nothing, until you
that are currently loaded into Pageant. The list might look
something like this:
-\c ssh1 1024 22:c3:68:3b:09:41:36:c3:39:83:91:ae:71:b2:0f:04 key1
-\c ssh-rsa 1023 74:63:08:82:95:75:e1:7c:33:31:bb:cb:00:c0:89:8b key2
+\c ssh1 1024 22:c3:68:3b:09:41:36:c3:39:83:91:ae:71:b2:0f:04 k1
+\c ssh-rsa 1023 74:63:08:82:95:75:e1:7c:33:31:bb:cb:00:c0:89:8b k2
For each key, the list box will tell you:
starts up, if you provide them on the Pageant command line. Your
command line might then look like:
-\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.key d:\secondary.key
+\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.ppk d:\secondary.ppk
If the keys are stored encrypted, Pageant will request the
passphrases on startup.
You do this by specifying the \c{-c} option followed by the command,
like this:
-\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.key -c C:\PuTTY\putty.exe
+\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.ppk -c C:\PuTTY\putty.exe
\H{pageant-forward} Using agent forwarding
Note that at present, agent forwarding in SSH2 is only available
when your SSH server is OpenSSH. The \cw{ssh.com} server uses a
-different agent protocol which they have not published. If you would
-like PuTTY to be able to support agent forwarding to an \cw{ssh.com}
-server, please write to \cw{ssh.com} and explain to them that they
-are hurting themselves and their users by keeping their protocol
-secret.
+different agent protocol, which PuTTY does not yet support.
To enable agent forwarding, first start Pageant. Then set up a PuTTY
SSH session in which \q{Allow agent forwarding} is enabled (see