[TxMt] Remote editing via ssh peer review.

[Oscar Bonilla]

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On Oct 10, 2005, at 3:29 AM, Kevin Ballard wrote:

> I've been poking around and there's an env var called SSH_ASKPASS  
> that's supposed to make ssh get it's password by executing a  
> command (you'd use it with CocoaDialog), but I can't get it to  
> actually do anything.

SSH_ASKPASS only works for pass phrases to keys. And ssh asks for  
passwords using the controlling tty, not stdin. The only way to make  
ssh use transparent is by using public/private keys.

Regards,

- -Oscar

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