X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fpageant.but;h=c54c017556bc440470da897595d5d1e2a924de68;hb=9157417feaafc411433f289248f65b0928ee7c06;hp=cf8db03c141aefd91e38eb44e90e6878bb871d87;hpb=e5764eb6952d48a1aac384e7997c913dffc25c23;p=PuTTY.git diff --git a/doc/pageant.but b/doc/pageant.but index cf8db03c..c54c0175 100644 --- a/doc/pageant.but +++ b/doc/pageant.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: pageant.but,v 1.6 2001/12/11 18:48:29 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: pageant.but,v 1.7 2001/12/20 15:27:40 simon Exp $ \C{pageant} Using Pageant for authentication @@ -115,6 +115,38 @@ You can apply this to keys you added using the \q{Add Key} button, or to keys you added remotely using agent forwarding (see \k{pageant-forward}); it makes no difference. +\H{pageant-cmdline} The Pageant command line + +Pageant can be made to do things automatically when it starts up, by +specifying instructions on its command line. If you're starting +Pageant from the Windows GUI, you can arrange this by editing the +properties of the Windows shortcut that it was started from. + +\S{pageant-cmdline-loadkey} Making Pageant automatically load keys +on startup + +Pageant can automatically load one or more private keys when it +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 + +If the keys are stored encrypted, Pageant will request the +passphrases on startup. + +\S{pageant-cmdline-command} Making Pageant run another program + +You can arrange for Pageant to start another program once it has +initialised itself and loaded any keys specified on its command +line. This program (perhaps a PuTTY, or a WinCVS making use of +Plink, or whatever) will then be able to use the keys Pageant has +loaded. + +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 + \H{pageant-forward} Using agent forwarding Agent forwarding is a mechanism that allows applications on your SSH