Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.2p1-5
Severity: wishlist
When ssh is used with an GUI program like ssh-askpass for password
information, it really leaves the user clueless (especially with
something like ssh-askpass-fullscreen which grabs the keyboard and
the screen) with just a prompt "Password" and a text entry :)
Another use case: take sshfs, and asking it to reconnect every time
the connection is lost, makes it impossible to use any other means
but trusted keys (not possible many a time) or ssh-askpass. Due to
network trouble, the connection gets lost and you suddenly get a
full screen asking for "Password"... well, what was that?! :)
I could think of two solutions:
1. Offer to provide more information especially when using a
password request program (the command line/[EMAIL PROTECTED] to which it
is connecting?)
2. Give a -o PasswordPrompt which the parent program can use.
An even better solution would be to allow a PasswordPrompt with %
escapes to fill in with the [EMAIL PROTECTED], options etc. That way, I can
use a single command line with many connections to many places.
Regards,
Ramkumar.
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Versions of packages openssh-client depends on:
ii adduser 3.80 Add and remove users and groups
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ii dpkg 1.13.13 package maintenance system for Deb
ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcomerr2 1.38+1.39-WIP-2005.12.31-1 common error description library
ii libedit2 2.9.cvs.20050518-2.2 BSD editline and history libraries
ii libkrb53 1.4.3-5 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libselinux1 1.28-4 SELinux shared libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8a-7 SSL shared libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
openssh-client recommends no packages.
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