Sometime ago, Lance E Sloan wrote:
> Mr. Morgan, thank you very much for the response.
>
> Yes, I think I see how that could help. I could start up an ssh
> control master in another window that connects to the CVS/SVN
> repository before I start a client.
It doesn't have to be in a separate window. You can use -fN to have ssh
prompt for the password and then background itself.
>
> I have a question about the "ask" setting for ControlMaster. The
> manpage says:
>
> Setting this to ``ask'' will cause ssh to listen for control
> connections, but require confirmation using the SSH_ASKPASS program
> before they are accepted (see ssh-add(1) for details).
>
> I tried this, and ssh did indeed invoke my SSH_ASKPASS, but I wasn't
> sure what the correct response was. I tried my password for the remote
> host and password for my local host. Neither worked. Then I noticed
> that it was prompting "Allow shared connection to [hostname_here]?", so
> I tried answering "y" and "yes", but neither of those worked, either.
>
> What kind of answer is it expecting?
In this context, no password is required. Simply select either 'OK' or
'Cancel.
>
> Quoting Iain Morgan <imorgan@nas.nasa.gov> (Fri 19 Jan 2007 12:08:49 PM EST):
> > You could address the CVS/SVN issue using session multiplexing. See
> > the entries for ControlMaster and ControlPath in the ssh(1) man page.
> >
> > Sometime ago, Lance E Sloan wrote:
> >> I propose that the ssh command-line client be changed so that it will
> >> use whatever program is specified in the SSH_ASKPASS environment
> >> variable regardless of whether ssh has a terminal associated with it
> >> or not.
>
> --
> Lance E Sloan, Application Developer
> Evil is my middle name. Some people think it's Eugene, though.
> U-M ITCS ITCom Information Systems
> http://www.itcom.itcs.umich.edu/
>
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Iain Morgan
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