From cbf6a229947bd9eb21ec7cf5902c21ab38d4d556 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 22:33:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Unix Pageant passphrase prompting docs. Terminal prompting takes precedence over GUI prompting, so explicitly state that in the docs. --- doc/man-pag.but | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man-pag.but b/doc/man-pag.but index 2798cacc..c021e9f1 100644 --- a/doc/man-pag.but +++ b/doc/man-pag.but @@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ extra command-line arguments, e.g. in which case Pageant will prompt for the keys' passphrases (if any) and start the agent with those keys already loaded. Passphrase prompts -will use the controlling terminal if one is available, or the GUI if -one of those is available. If neither is available, no passphrase -prompting can be done. +will use the controlling terminal if one is available, or failing that +the GUI if one of those is available. If neither is available, no +passphrase prompting can be done. To use Pageant to talk to an existing agent, you can add new keys using \cw{-a}, list the current set of keys' fingerprints and comments -- 2.45.2