[libvirt] [PATCH] rpc: Pass through DISPLAY so ssh can launch askpass

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Jul 20 18:14:43 UTC 2011


Though we prefer users to have SSH keys setup, virt-manager users still
depend on remote SSH connections to launch a password dialog. This fixes
launch ssh-askpass

Fix suggested by danpb
---
 src/rpc/virnetsocket.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
index 4403fc4..6605aa3 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ int virNetSocketNewConnectSSH(const char *nodename,
     virCommandAddEnvPassCommon(cmd);
     virCommandAddEnvPass(cmd, "SSH_AUTH_SOCK");
     virCommandAddEnvPass(cmd, "SSH_ASKPASS");
+    virCommandAddEnvPass(cmd, "DISPLAY");
     virCommandClearCaps(cmd);
 
     if (service)
-- 
1.7.4.4




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