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  • From: Casey Harkins <charkins AT upl.cs.wisc.edu>
  • To: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • Cc: Source Mage - Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] OpenSSH problem
  • Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 04:17:40 -0600 (CST)

You need an 'askpass' program for openssh. I've never used one, but there
are a couple (x11-askpass and gnome-askpass) in the contrib/ directory in
the openssh tarball. The openssh spell should probably ask if they should
be built.

-casey

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Eric Sandall wrote:

> I have this error when trying to use a GUI CVS tool that wasn't started
> from a console (if started on the console, I am asked for the password in
> said console). (I had this problem on my brother's computer as well,
> solved it by removing openssh and installing ssh, ick!):
>
> ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -One of Four
> a.k.a. sandalle
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