[Bug 81] ssh cannot use ssh-askspass & passphrases as documented

bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org
2002-01-29T22:03:00Z

djm at mindrot.org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID



------- Additional Comments From djm at mindrot.org  2002-01-30 09:02 -------
If you allow from stdin then something like:

nohup sh -c "tar cvf - /home/blah | ssh foo 'gzip -9 >
/home/backup/foo2'"

will attempt to read the passphrase from the output of the tar command. If you
wish to discuss this behaviour further, please use the mailing list and do not
reopen the bug.