RFE: ssh-askpass program configurable

[mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org]

RFE - Request For Enhancement

- Ben

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Jim Knoble wrote:

> Circa 2001-Dec-12 17:07:30 +0000 dixit Edward Avis:
>
> : I note that ssh-askpass-gnome was moved into the contrib/ directory of
> : portable OpenSSH and the configure option for it
> : (--with-gnome-askpass) was removed.
> :
> : I can understand not wanting a configure option for one particular
> : askpass program, but it would be useful to have a general replacement,
> : as in
> :
> : % ./configure --with-askpass-program=ssh-askpass-gnome
>
> Not sure what RFE means in the subject.
>
> You can specify the default askpass program ssh tries to use at compile
> time:
>
>   make ASKPASS_PROGRAM=/path/to/your/askpass/program
>
> You can also specify the askpass program at runtime via the environment
> variable SSH_ASKPASS.
>
> contrib/gnome-ssh-askpass.c contains compilation instructions in a
> comment near the top of the file if you'd like to build it.
>
> If you'd rather build and install a different askpass program, there's
> a pointer to x11-ssh-askpass in the INSTALL file.
>
> I don't understand the problem....
>
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