-\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