Re: [JGIT PATCH 2/2] Add support for ~/.ssh/config BatchMode

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Sep 16, 2008, 22:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20080916225209.GC22021@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <200809170046.31859.robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> wrote:

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> tisdagen den 16 september 2008 17.44.29 skrev Shawn O. Pearce:
> > Connections created through batch processes (e.g. those started by
> > cron) don't have a terminal to interact with a user through.  A
> > common way to disable password prompting with OpenSSH is to setup
> > a Host block in ~/.ssh/config with "BatchMode yes" enabled, thus
> > telling the client not to prompt for passphases or passwords.
> 
> That did not work when any of the identities in  ~/.ssh matched. Though
> I specifically told jgit to use an identity that should not work, it found another
> that did. During setup all identities are loaded and made available to JSch.

Yes, that's a known bug.

> That bug is not related to this code (so I pushed it) other than it made it tricky
> to test. OpenSSH only tries the identity I tell it to, or default  if not told.

I have a plan on how to fix it. I just didn't find the time today to actually implement it. I'll put an issue on the issue tracker with my thoughts on how IdentityFile can be implemented correctly. If I don't get to it this week maybe someone else can, it looks pretty simple on the surface.

-- 
Shawn.