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| To start Pageant, go to //Tools > Pageant// on [[ui_login|Login dialog]]. | To start Pageant, go to //Tools > Pageant// on [[ui_login|Login dialog]]. | ||
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| ===== Getting Started with Pageant ===== | ===== Getting Started with Pageant ===== | ||
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| When you run Pageant, it will put an icon of a computer wearing a hat into the System tray. It will then sit and do nothing, until you load a private key into it. (You may need to use Windows' //Show hidden icons// arrow to see the Pageant icon.) | When you run Pageant, it will put an icon of a computer wearing a hat into the System tray. It will then sit and do nothing, until you load a private key into it. (You may need to use Windows' //Show hidden icons// arrow to see the Pageant icon.) | ||
| - | &screenshotpict(pageant_tray) | + | &screenshotpict(pageant_tray) |
| If you click the Pageant icon with the right mouse button, you will see a menu. Select //View Keys// from this menu. The Pageant main window will appear. (You can also bring this window up by double-clicking on the Pageant icon.) | If you click the Pageant icon with the right mouse button, you will see a menu. Select //View Keys// from this menu. The Pageant main window will appear. (You can also bring this window up by double-clicking on the Pageant icon.) | ||
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| Include pageant.conf | Include pageant.conf | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | Note: this technique only works with Windows's port of OpenSSH, which lives at ''%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe'' if you have it installed. (If not, it can be installed as a Windows optional feature, e.g., via //Settings > Apps & features > Optional features > Add a feature > OpenSSH Client//.) &wincp &winpath | + | Note: this technique only works with Windows's port of OpenSSH, which lives at ''%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe'' if you have it installed. (If not, it can be installed as a Windows optional feature, via //Settings > System > Optional features//, on Windows 11 follow to //View features// and search "OpenSSH client", on Windows 10 click //Add a feature//.) &wincp &winpath &win11 &win10 |
| There are other versions of OpenSSH for Windows, notably the one that comes with Windows Git. Those will likely not work with the same configuration, because they tend to depend on Unix emulation layers like MinGW or MSys, so they won't speak Windows native pathname syntax or understand named pipes. The above instructions will only work with Windows's own version of OpenSSH. | There are other versions of OpenSSH for Windows, notably the one that comes with Windows Git. Those will likely not work with the same configuration, because they tend to depend on Unix emulation layers like MinGW or MSys, so they won't speak Windows native pathname syntax or understand named pipes. The above instructions will only work with Windows's own version of OpenSSH. | ||