X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/f395fb468156ae9904a520cdc69372d30cbc8fde..5c33650cef10789e0d23bd7994949c95854d3387:/doc/config.but diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 4281f6c8..80e7b801 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -647,10 +647,11 @@ In this mode, the numeric keypad keys 1-9 generate the NetHack movement commands (\cw{hjklyubn}). The 5 key generates the \c{.} command (do nothing). -Better still, pressing Shift with the keypad keys generates the -capital forms of the commands (\cw{HJKLYUBN}), which tells NetHack -to keep moving you in the same direction until you encounter -something interesting. +In addition, pressing Shift or Ctrl with the keypad keys generate +the Shift- or Ctrl-keys you would expect (e.g. keypad-7 generates +\cq{y}, so Shift-keypad-7 generates \cq{Y} and Ctrl-keypad-7 +generates Ctrl-Y); these commands tell NetHack to keep moving you in +the same direction until you encounter something interesting. For some reason, this feature only works properly when \i{Num Lock} is on. We don't know why. @@ -2310,6 +2311,24 @@ unwanted username prompts, you could try checking this option. This option only affects SSH-2 connections. SSH-1 connections always require an authentication step. +\S{config-ssh-tryagent} \q{Attempt authentication using Pageant} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.auth.pageant} + +If this option is enabled, then PuTTY will look for Pageant (the SSH +private-key storage agent) and attempt to authenticate with any +suitable public keys Pageant currently holds. + +This behaviour is almost always desirable, and is therefore enabled +by default. In rare cases you might need to turn it off in order to +force authentication by some non-public-key method such as +passwords. + +This option can also be controlled using the \c{-noagent} +command-line option. See \k{using-cmdline-agentauth}. + +See \k{pageant} for more information about Pageant in general. + \S{config-ssh-tis} \q{Attempt \I{TIS authentication}TIS or \i{CryptoCard authentication}}