openssh unix dev - Jan 2024 - How to get "Enter passphrase" on command line rather than GUI pop-up?

Setting SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=never in the environment on my xubuntu
23.10 system doesn't seem to work.  I have set it:-

    chris$ env | grep SSH
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
    SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=never
    chris$ 

But I still get the annoying GUI pop-up rather than being asked for
the passphrase in the terminal window.  Is this a bug or am I doing
something wrong?

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Chris Green

On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 06:34:01PM +0000, Chris Green
wrote:
> Setting SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=never in the environment on my xubuntu
> 23.10 system doesn't seem to work.  I have set it:-
> 
>     chris$ env | grep SSH
>     SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
>     SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=never
>     chris$ 
> 
> But I still get the annoying GUI pop-up rather than being asked for
> the passphrase in the terminal window.  Is this a bug or am I doing
> something wrong?
> 
... and I running OpenSSH_9.3p1 Ubuntu-1ubuntu3.1, OpenSSL 3.0.10 1 Aug 2023


-- 
Chris Green

Chris Green:
> Setting SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=never in the environment on my xubuntu
> 23.10 system doesn't seem to work.  I have set it:-
> 
>     chris$ env | grep SSH
>     SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
>     SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=never
What component is actually calling ssh-askpass?

Setting SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=never has no effect for me either, but
that's because...

Jan  1 21:26:12 lorvorc ssh-agent[76961]: error: Fssh_notify_start:
exec(/usr/local/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

... ssh-askpass is called by a previously started ssh-agent that
doesn't know about the new environment variable.  The fact that
you have SSH_AUTH_SOCK set suggests that authentication requests
are also forwarded to an agent in your setup.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy at
mips.inka.de