Current upstream for x11-ssh-askpass?

Jim Knoble jmknoble at pobox.com
Sun Aug 2 15:16:23 AEST 2026


Hi, Darren.

There was a thread about this topic on openssh-unix-dev in late 2019. 

I will follow up with you directly, since a part of the conversation was off-list, and since the only easy format to get you those messages is via PDF, which probably won't work on the list.

-- 
jim knoblec

> On Aug 1, 2026, at 21:31, Darren Tucker <dtucker at dtucker.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> It's come to our attention that the location we point to for
> x11-ssh-askpass (jmknoble.net) no longer hosts it.  Is there a new
> canonical location for it?
> 
> Debian points to an archive.org as its upstream URL, while Fedora
> points to a third party's github mirror
> (https://github.com/sigmavirus24/x11-ssh-askpass).
> 
> --
> Darren Tucker (dtucker at dtucker.net)
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