-\define{versionidpageant} \versionid $Id$
-
\C{pageant} Using \i{Pageant} for authentication
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{pageant.general}
open as many PuTTY sessions as you like without having to type your
passphrase again.
+(PuTTY can be configured not to try to use Pageant, but it will try
+by default. See \k{config-ssh-tryagent} and
+\k{using-cmdline-agentauth} for more information.)
+
When you want to shut down Pageant, click the right button on the
Pageant icon in the System tray, and select \q{Exit} from the menu.
Closing the Pageant main window does \e{not} shut down Pageant.
\b The type of the key. Currently, this can be \c{ssh1} (an RSA key
for use with the SSH-1 protocol), \c{ssh-rsa} (an RSA key for use
-with the SSH-2 protocol), or \c{ssh-dss} (a DSA key for use with
+with the SSH-2 protocol), \c{ssh-dss} (a DSA key for use with
+the SSH-2 protocol), \c{ecdsa-sha2-*} (an ECDSA key for use with
+the SSH-2 protocol), or \c{ssh-ed25519} (an Ed25519 key for use with
the SSH-2 protocol).
\b The size (in bits) of the key.
by editing the properties of the \i{Windows shortcut} that it was
started from.
+If Pageant is already running, invoking it again with the options
+below causes actions to be performed with the existing instance, not a
+new one.
+
\S{pageant-cmdline-loadkey} Making Pageant automatically load keys
on startup
If the keys are stored encrypted, Pageant will request the
passphrases on startup.
+If Pageant is already running, this syntax loads keys into the
+existing Pageant.
+
\S{pageant-cmdline-command} Making Pageant run another program
You can arrange for Pageant to start another program once it has
However, the sysadmin of the server machine can always pretend to be
you \e{on that machine}. So if you forward your agent to a server
machine, then the sysadmin of that machine can access the forwarded
-agent connection and request signatures from your public keys, and
+agent connection and request signatures from your private keys, and
can therefore log in to other machines as you. They can only do this
to a limited extent - when the agent forwarding disappears they lose
the ability - but using Pageant doesn't actually \e{prevent} the