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FS#35125 - [openssh-askpass] integration with openssh missing

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Antonio Bonifati (ant) - Tuesday, 07 May 2013, 09:10 GMT
Last edited by Jakob Gruber (schuay) - Thursday, 09 May 2013, 16:55 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Jakob Gruber (schuay)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
If installing openssh-askpass along with openssh, the latter is not configured to run the former.
File /etc/profile.d/openssh-askpass.sh contains a wrong path:

/usr/lib/openssh/qt4-ssh-askpass

The executable is called placed into /usr/bin instead.

Additional info:
* package version: openssh-askpass-2.0.0-1
* possible fix:

# ln -s /usr/bin/qt4-ssh-askpass /usr/lib/ssh/qt4-ssh-askpass

Replace openssh with ssh in /etc/profile.d/openssh-askpass.sh

Steps to reproduce:
pacman -Rs openssh (and dependencies)
pacman -S openssh openssh-askpass (and dependencies)

try to use a GUI program that relies on ssh authentication, e.g. virt-manager
and you will get an error like:

Unable to connect to libvirt.
You need to install openssh-askpass or similar
to connect to this host.

Why I think it's important to fix this problem: some people may want to replace
x11-ssh-askpass with openssh-askpass because the former does not offer any way
to paste a password from the clipboard. This feature is needed if someone uses
keepassx, password gorilla or similar password safe managers.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Jakob Gruber (schuay)
Thursday, 09 May 2013, 16:55 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Corrected path in 2.0.0-2, thanks.

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