SSH - Pageant (Putty Agent)

Pageant is the SSH authentication agent of PuTTY.

Pageant:

• is part of PuTTY installation package.
• is also included in WinSCP installation package.

You can also download it separately from WinSCP download page.

• Login dialog > Tools . Run Pageant
• Click the Pageant icon in the windows bar with the right mouse button

pageant.exe  key1.ppk key2.ppk ...

In Winscp

where:

• Agent forwarding is a mechanism that allows applications on your SSH server machine to talk to pageant (ie on your local/client machine)
• The key is no more mandatory

When pageant is active, it will sign you in with your key.

Example with Putty:

• https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pageant