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2011 Feb 24
3
[Bug 1871] New: ssh-askpass should be able to distinguish between a prompt for confirmation and a prompt for an actual passphrase
...ample, grabbing the X11 keyboard is a pretty invasive operation
(and it is warranted, to avoid other X processes snooping on the
passphrase). A prompt for confirmation doesn't need to grab the
keyboard, though.
I'm proposing to extend the ssh-askpass interface with an environment
variable SSH_ASKPASS_CONFIRMATION_ONLY. If this environment variable
is set, the ssh-askpass can choose to display a
simpler/non-kbd-grabbing UI. ssh, ssh-add, and ssh-agent would need to
know to set or clear that environment variable depending on the type of
prompt.
Another approach would be to define a command line argument, but
ex...
2011 Feb 24
1
ssh-askpass should be able to distinguish between a prompt for confirmation and a prompt for an actual passphrase
...ample, grabbing the X11 keyboard is a pretty invasive operation
(and it is warranted, to avoid other X processes snooping on the
passphrase). A prompt for confirmation doesn't need to grab the
keyboard, though.
I'm proposing to extend the ssh-askpass interface with an environment
variable SSH_ASKPASS_CONFIRMATION_ONLY. If this environment variable
is set, the ssh-askpass can choose to display a
simpler/non-kbd-grabbing UI. ssh, ssh-add, and ssh-agent would need to
know to set or clear that environment variable depending on the type of
prompt.
Another approach would be to define a command line argument, but
ex...