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 acutally 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()