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()