On 2003-06-09 14:08:28 -0500 Ben Lutgens <blutgens at us-admins.com> wrote: > On 2003-06-09 11:50:21 -0500 Troy.A Johnson > <troy.johnson at health.state.mn.us> wrote: > >> Hey Kent, >> >> I have read the same thing you have, and the commands you list seem >> right to me, but they don't work for me either. The 'askpass' >> programs are pretty simple, just putting the password on stdout, but >> 'ssh' seems to be ignoring the existence of the variables it should >> use to get this job done. >> Maybe it is different for different distributions? This is RH7.3 >> with OpenSSH_3.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, and OpenSSL 0x0090602f. > > > You guys need ssh-agent. > try adding the following to your .bashrc hrm i forgot to tell you to also have ssh-add < /dev/null > eval `ssh-agent -s` > > Or take a look at keychain (not the OSX keychain, the one written by > Dan Robbins of Gentoo fame (find it on freshmeat) > > > > >> >> Can anyone get this to work? >> >> Troy >> >>>>> kent at structural-wood.com 06/09/03 11:16AM >>> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to get ssh to always prompt for a password using the >> graphical >> >> password widget. >> >> From my reading, it seems this should work. >> >> export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/x11-ssh-askpass >> export DISPLAY=vampir:0 >> >> ssh -n panshin >> >> Unfortunately I still get the text prompt >> >> kent at panshin's password: >> >> I've tried alternatives and googled away the morning, and I still >> have had >> no success. >> >> Anybody have any pithy advice? Relevant advice would be nice too :-) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list