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winpgnt: add GUI button to re-encrypt an SSH-2 key.

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2021-04-04 09:42:00 +01:00
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@ -243,16 +243,13 @@ 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.
After the key has been decrypted for the first use, it remains
decrypted, so that it can be used again.
To add a key to Pageant by reading it out of a local disk file, press
the \q{Add Key (encrypted)} button in the Pageant main window, or
alternatively right-click on the Pageant icon in the system tray and
select \q{Add Key (encrypted)} from there. Pageant will bring up a
file dialog, in just the same way as it would for the plain \q{Add
Key} button. But it won't ask for a passphrase. Instead, the key will
be listed in the main window with \q{(encrypted)} after it.
To add a key to Pageant in this encrypted form, press the \q{Add Key
(encrypted)} button in the Pageant main window, or alternatively
right-click on the Pageant icon in the system tray and select \q{Add
Key (encrypted)} from there. Pageant will bring up a file dialog, in
just the same way as it would for the plain \q{Add Key} button. But it
won't ask for a passphrase. Instead, the key will be listed in the
main window with \q{(encrypted)} after it.
To start Pageant up in the first place with encrypted keys loaded into
it, you can use the \cq{--encrypted} option on the command line. For
@ -260,6 +257,10 @@ example:
\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe --encrypted d:\main.ppk
After a key has been decrypted for the first use, it remains
decrypted, so that it can be used again. You can do this using the
\q{Re-encrypt} button in the Pageant main window.
\s{CAUTION}: When Pageant displays a prompt to decrypt an
already-loaded key, it cannot give keyboard focus to the prompt dialog
box. As far as I know this is a deliberate defensive measure by