Subject: Re: bin/12406: ssh-askpass utility is missing
To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/13/2001 22:16:34
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:05:11AM +0100, Matthias Buelow wrote:
> >The ssh-askpass utility which is used to query a passphrase under
> >an X11 session is missing in NetBSD 1.5. Therefore ssh-agent can't
> >be used with an X session:
>
> Oops, I failed to see that ssh-askpass is in pkgsrc/security...
> Maybe that should be mentioned in the ssh-agent/ssh-add manpage(s)
> and/or a small note be printed by the ssh-add utility if it can't
> find the program?
Actually, ssh-askpass is in NetBSD's "xsrc" tree. It is installed
by default when an xsrc build is done.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>