NAME

       ssh-askpass-noinput - an ssh-askpass implementation for asking allow/deny questions

SYNOPSIS

       ssh-askpass-noinput text

DESCRIPTION

       ssh-askpass-noinput  is  an  implementation  of  ssh-askpass, which does not actually ask for a password;
       instead, it only asks a binary (allow/deny) question and exits with 0 for allow and 1 for deny.

       It is not intended as a general replacement for ssh-askpass, but for special applications that don’t care
       about a passphrase.

OPTIONS

       As  usual  with ssh-askpass implementations, ssh-askpass-noinput only takes a single argument, which will
       be presented as the question.

BACKGROUND AND APPLICATIONS

       Some programs (ssh-agent and ssh-agent-filter) use ssh-askpass to  have  users  confirm  actions  without
       entering  a passphrase; ssh-agent does this when used via ssh-add’s -c option.  They do not indicate that
       it is a binary question (because in the classical ssh-agent invocation, there is no option to  do  this),
       and  expect  the  user  to  ignore  the  text  input  and click “OK” or “Cancel”, whereupon they read the
       askpass’s exit status.

       With programs that are known to only ask  those  questions,  setting  SSH_ASKPASS=ssh-askpass-noinput  in
       their environment will make them use this particular implementation for their questions.  It should never
       be installed as /usr/bin/ssh-askpass.

FUTURE

       This solution is obviously a hack, which is needed  until  a  way  is  established  and  implemented  for
       ssh-askpass to be used more flexibly.

SEE ALSO

       ssh-agent-filter(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-askpass(1)

AUTHORS

       ssh-askpass-noinput was conceived by chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>.

       Both  the program and this man page are free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
       terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
       the License, or (at your option) any later version.

AUTHORS

       chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>.

                                                   2013-10-26                              SSH-ASKPASS-NOINPUT()