FS#10028 - [openssh] /usr/lib/ssh/ssh-askpass missing

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Bernhard Walle (bwalle) - Sunday, 30 March 2008, 18:08 GMT
Last edited by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 15:48 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

The 'ssh-add' binary requires '/usr/lib/ssh/ssh-askpass' when running in GUI mode. It automatically runs in GUI mode if no terminal is found, e.g. when a graphical SVN viewer tries to establish a SSH connection and the password should be entered.


Steps to reproduce:

bwalle@kopernikus ~ $ ssh-add < /dev/null
ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/lib/ssh/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
Identity added: /home/bwalle/.ssh/identity (bwalle@hugo)
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Closed by  Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 15:48 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  Use a separate package
Comment by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Wednesday, 09 April 2008, 18:37 GMT
Status in openssh from testing? I'm not on an arch machine
Comment by Jan Spakula (bender02) - Friday, 16 May 2008, 23:01 GMT
Still missing in openssh-5.0p1-1
Comment by Gavin Bisesi (Daenyth) - Thursday, 11 December 2008, 18:20 GMT
Status?
Comment by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Thursday, 11 December 2008, 18:44 GMT
Hmmm, ssh-askpass is GUI oriented, so needs some sort of toolkit. The best I can figure out is that this is provided by other packages.
See http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=askpass

Not sure if I want to close this or not, perhaps we could put at least one of these into extra. "make gnome-ssh-askpass2" works fine from the contrib directory.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Saturday, 13 June 2009, 09:38 GMT
@Aaron: so, what will be the decission on this?
Separate package (already in AUR) seems like the best way to me.
Comment by Alois Nespor (anespor) - Saturday, 05 September 2009, 20:57 GMT
i tested yet:

[alois@amilo ~]$ ssh-add < /dev/null
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
[alois@amilo ~]$

gnome-ssh-askpass2 works fine
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Friday, 05 March 2010, 02:59 GMT
  • Field changed: Status (Assigned → Waiting on Response)
decision on this?
Comment by Gavin Bisesi (Daenyth) - Friday, 05 March 2010, 03:47 GMT
+1 to another package. I'll take it in community if need be.
Comment by Paul Mattal (paul) - Saturday, 06 March 2010, 20:29 GMT
Another package seems like the way to go here; it doesn't seem like adding it to openssh is the right answer; it would create toolkit dependencies for those who don't need them.

Daenyth, if you're willing to do this in community can we call that the solution?

If nothing new comes to light by April 2010 bug day, I will close this as "won't implement", in favor of the separate package solution proposed.
Comment by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 04:07 GMT
close this?

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