How do I make use of SSH_ASKPASS?

Colin Paul Adams colin at colina.demon.co.uk
Sun Jan 27 17:27:19 UTC 2008


>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood at gmail.com> writes:

    Brian Millett <bmillett at gmail.com> wrote:
    >> Colin Paul Adams escribío: > I can't find out to make use of
    >> this.
    >> >
    >> > It is set to /usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass, but I
    >> still get > prompted for a password when I use ssh.
    >> >
    >> > I thought the prompt was only supposed to occur when I login
    >> to GNOME.
    >> 
    >> You should look at using keychain.

Thanks.

I put:

keychain --eval id_dsa

in my .bash_profile and it seems to work fine.

    Jonathan> But if you want better gnome integration, you should
    Jonathan> look at seahorse

I found the website, and it does sound like you are right.

But I can't find instructions on how to use it.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire




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