trying to debug ssh-askpass problem

Markus Friedl
Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:02:42 -0000

SSH_ASKPASS just overrides the default, it does not
enable this feature.

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 03:06:52AM -0800, Frederik Eaton
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a script which calls ssh-add at a certain point, and I'm
> getting the following error:
>
> ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
>
> I don't see why it's doing this, since SSH_ASKPASS isn't set,
and
> there should be a working terminal:
>
>      SSH_ASKPASS
>               If ssh needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from
the
>               current terminal if it was run from a terminal.  If ssh does
not
>               have a terminal associated with it but DISPLAY and
SSH_ASKPASS
>               are set, it will execute the program specified by SSH_ASKPASS
>               and open an X11 window to read the passphrase.  This is
particu-
>               larly useful when calling ssh from a .Xsession or related
>               script.  (Note that on some machines it may be necessary to
>               redirect the input from /dev/null to make this work.)
>
> How can I find out what is causing ssh-add to try to execute
> ssh-askpass?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frederik
>
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