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| 2021-12-06 | 2022-04-07 | ||
| no need to refer to ssh versions (martin) | updating paths + typography + winscp (martin) | ||
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| - | "C:\Program Files\WinSCP\PuTTY\pageant.exe" d:\main.ppk d:\secondary.ppk | + | "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\PuTTY\pageant.exe" d:\main.ppk d:\secondary.ppk |
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| - | "C:\Program Files\WinSCP\PuTTY\pageant.exe" d:\main.ppk -c C:\PuTTY\putty.exe | + | "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\PuTTY\pageant.exe" d:\main.ppk -c "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" |
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| If the result line comes up blank, agent forwarding has not been enabled at all. | If the result line comes up blank, agent forwarding has not been enabled at all. | ||
| - | Now if you run ssh on the server and use it to connect through to another server that accepts one of the keys in Pageant, you should be able to log in without a password: | + | Now if you run ''ssh'' on the server and use it to connect through to another server that accepts one of the keys in Pageant, you should be able to log in without a password: |
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| You can add keys to Pageant without decrypting them. The key file will be held in Pageant's memory still encrypted, and when a client program first tries to use the key, Pageant will display a dialog box prompting for the passphrase so that the key can be decrypted. | You can add keys to Pageant without decrypting them. The key file will be held in Pageant's memory still encrypted, and when a client program first tries to use the key, Pageant will display a dialog box prompting for the passphrase so that the key can be decrypted. | ||
| - | This works the same way whether the key is used by an instance of PuTTY running locally, or a remote client connecting to Pageant through agent forwarding. | + | This works the same way whether the key is used by an instance of WinSCP or PuTTY running locally, or a remote client connecting to Pageant through agent forwarding. |
| To add a key to Pageant in this encrypted form, press the //Add Key (encrypted)// button in the Pageant main window, or alternatively right-click on the Pageant icon in the system tray and select //Add Key (encrypted)// from there. Pageant will bring up a file dialog, in just the same way as it would for the plain //Add Key// button. But it won't ask for a passphrase. Instead, the key will be listed in the main window with //(encrypted)// after it. | To add a key to Pageant in this encrypted form, press the //Add Key (encrypted)// button in the Pageant main window, or alternatively right-click on the Pageant icon in the system tray and select //Add Key (encrypted)// from there. Pageant will bring up a file dialog, in just the same way as it would for the plain //Add Key// button. But it won't ask for a passphrase. Instead, the key will be listed in the main window with //(encrypted)// after it. | ||
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| To start Pageant up in the first place with encrypted keys loaded into it, you can use the ''%%--encrypted%%'' option on the command line. For example: | To start Pageant up in the first place with encrypted keys loaded into it, you can use the ''%%--encrypted%%'' option on the command line. For example: | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe --encrypted d:\main.ppk | + | "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\PuTTY\pageant.exe" --encrypted d:\main.ppk |
| </code> | </code> | ||
| After a key has been decrypted for the first use, it remains decrypted, so that it can be used again. The main window will list the key with //(re-encryptable)// after it. You can revert it to the previous state, where a passphrase is required, using the //Re-encrypt// button in the Pageant main window. | After a key has been decrypted for the first use, it remains decrypted, so that it can be used again. The main window will list the key with //(re-encryptable)// after it. You can revert it to the previous state, where a passphrase is required, using the //Re-encrypt// button in the Pageant main window. | ||