[Bug 70] Allow 'authorize host' questions to be able to be answered via GUI app

[Nicolas Williams]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:59:31PM +1100, bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70
> 
> ------- Additional Comments From djm at mindrot.org  2002-01-18 14:59 -------
> oops - I failed to see that Jim was already reading this. 
> 
> I wouldn't want a click-for-accept-this-key dialog box. Forcing people to type
> "yes" has a hope of making them stop and think for a second or two about the
> validity of the key.

Why? What difference does it make whether the question is asked on stdio
or whether it's handled otherwise? What matters is that the question is
asked and that the client does not proceed until it is answered.

Cheers,

Nico
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