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Document pageant interoperability with OpenSSH etc

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\S{pageant-manpage-name} NAME \S{pageant-manpage-name} NAME
\cw{pageant} - SSH authentication agent for the PuTTY tools \cw{pageant} - PuTTY SSH authentication agent
\S{pageant-manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS \S{pageant-manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
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with an already-running agent to add or remove keys, list the keys, or with an already-running agent to add or remove keys, list the keys, or
extract their public half. extract their public half.
The agent protocol used by \c{pageant} is compatible with the PuTTY
tools and also with other implementations such as OpenSSH's SSH client
and \e{ssh-agent(1)}.
To run \c{pageant} as an agent, you must provide an option to tell it To run \c{pageant} as an agent, you must provide an option to tell it
what its \e{lifetime} should be. Typically you would probably want what its \e{lifetime} should be. Typically you would probably want
Pageant to last for the duration of a login session, in which case you Pageant to last for the duration of a login session, in which case you