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| ===== Authentication Options ===== | ===== Authentication Options ===== | ||
| - | ==== Attempt Authentication Using Pageant ==== | + | ==== Attempt Authentication Using Agent ==== |
| - | If this option is enabled, then WinSCP will look for [[ui_pageant|Pageant]] and attempt to authenticate with any suitable public keys Pageant currently holds. | + | If this option is enabled, then WinSCP will look for an authentication agent and attempt to authenticate with any suitable public keys the agent currently holds (You can [[ui_pref_security#authentication|configure]], if WinSCP uses Pageant or OpenSSH ssh-agent). |
| This behavior is almost always desirable, and is therefore enabled by default. In rare cases you might need to turn it off in order to force authentication by some non-public-key method such as passwords. ((&puttydoccite)) | This behavior is almost always desirable, and is therefore enabled by default. In rare cases you might need to turn it off in order to force authentication by some non-public-key method such as passwords. ((&puttydoccite)) | ||