[David Huggins-Daines <dhd at plcom.on.ca>] Bug#52414: ssh-add uses ssh-askpass, but ssh doesn't

[Damien Miller]

Philip Hands wrote:
> 
> Damien,
> 
> Here's a forwarded bug for you.
> 
> Cheers, Phil.
> --[[message/rfc822]]
> Subject: Bug#52414: ssh-add uses ssh-askpass, but ssh doesn't
> Reply-To: David Huggins-Daines <dhd at plcom.on.ca>, 52414 at bugs.debian.org
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> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:10:16 -0500
> From: David Huggins-Daines <dhd at plcom.on.ca>
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> Package: ssh
> Version: 1.2pre16-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> OpenSSH's 'ssh' program doesn't seem to mimic the non-free SSH's behaviour
> of calling ssh-askpass when it's not possible to read the pass{phrase,word}
> from a terminal.

Isn't that what ssh-agent is for?

Damien