Technical - Category - erdelynet.comhttps://erdelynet.com/categories/-technical/ Technical - Category - erdelynet.comHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usmike@erdelynet.com (Michael Erdely)mike@erdelynet.com (Michael Erdely)2026Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:13:00 +0000Applying style to ssh-askpasshttps://erdelynet.com/technical/applying-style-to-ssh-askpass/Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:13:00 +0000mike@erdelynet.com (Michael Erdely)https://erdelynet.com/technical/applying-style-to-ssh-askpass/ssh-askpass(1) is a graphical program that prompts the user for their SSH Key passphrase and passes it to the ssh-add(1) command.

Out of the box, ssh-askpass is pretty ugly, but I’ve managed to make it look dark, modern, and good.

A screenshot

This is how my ssh-askpass window looks:

The code

SshAskpass*Dialog.font:       -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
SshAskpass*Dialog.label:      Please enter your authentication passphrase:
SshAskpass*Dialog.title:
SshAskpass*background:        #000000
SshAskpass*foreground:        #cccccc
SshAskpass.Button*background: #000000
SshAskpass.Button*foreground: #cccccc

The above code goes in your ${HOME}/.Xresources file.

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