BSD Portssecurity/lxqt-openssh-askpass 2.1.0_2 DragonFly
LXQt GUI dialog for OpenSSH authentication
- System
- DragonFly
- Repository
- DPorts
- Maintainer
- [email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
- License
- LGPL21+
- Categories
- security
- Package size
- 14.3 KiB, 41.2 KiB installed
Description
lxqt2-openssh-askpass is a GUI to query credentials on behalf of other programs. It is primarily targeted at ssh-agent.
In the other systems
The newest version among them is 2.4.0, as upstream numbers it.
| System | Port | Version | Vulnerabilities | Status | Maintainer | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DragonFly | security/lxqt-openssh-askpass | 2.1.0_2 | none known | - | [email protected] | - |
| FreeBSD | security/lxqt-openssh-askpass | 2.4.0_2 newest | none known | - | [email protected] | 2026-08-20 |
| OpenBSD | x11/lxqt/openssh-askpass by name | 2.4.0 newest | no data | - | The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]> | - |
| NetBSD | security/lxqt-openssh-askpass | 2.4.0nb2 newest | none known | - | [email protected] | 2026-09-29 |
| HardenedBSD | security/lxqt-openssh-askpass | 2.4.0_2 newest | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
| GhostBSD | security/lxqt-openssh-askpass | 2.4.0_2 newest | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
Install
Binary package:
pkg install lxqt-openssh-askpassFrom DPorts:
cd /usr/dports/security/lxqt-openssh-askpass && make install cleanDependency graph
Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.
Dependencies
Run dependencies 5
Required by 1
Configuration
No options to configure.
- Service scripts
- none
Message after installing
*** Note ssh-add will NOT use GUI tools like lxqt-openssh-askpass
*** when it is attached to a terminal.
* To use lxqt-openssh-askpass start ssh-agent with -a <SOCKET_PATH> e.g in .xinitrc
ssh-agent -a "/tmp/${USER}-ssh-agent"
* Then set two variables e.g in ~/.config/lxqt/session.conf:
SSH_ASKPASS=lxqt-openssh-askpass
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=<SOCKET_PATH>
then run ssh-add from lxqt-runner or a .desktop entry