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Using Yad for ssh-askpass

ssh-askpass is an X11 application for passing a user’s SSH Key passphrase to ssh-add ssh-add(1). But it only works with X11. And I’m on Wayland now. Solution Yad. Yad is Yet Another Dialog ala Zenity or Dialog. It allows for taking in input and passing it to something else in a similar way to the way ssh-askpass worked with X11. A screenshot This is how my yad-askpass window looks:



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 SshAskpassDialog.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal---120-----iso8859-1 SshAskpassDialog.label: Please enter your authentication passphrase: SshAskpassDialog.title: SshAskpassbackground: #000000 SshAskpassforeground: #cccccc SshAskpass.Buttonbackground: #000000 SshAskpass.Button*foreground: #cccccc The above code goes in your ${HOME}/.Xresources file.