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RE: Git abuses qt4-ssh-askpass

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2014, 08:54 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick wrote:
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> when I’m using the HTTPS protocol to access repositories, a window
> from /usr/bin/qt4-ssh-askpass comes up.  It asks for my “SSH pass
> phrase”, twice.  Sadly, it’s wrong.  The actual things it wants is the
> username in the first case, and the password used to access the remote
> repository (eg. my GitHub password) in the second question.  This is a
> bug, and very misleading behavior.
Same in seahorse (two password prompts).
-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. Chris “Kwpolska” WarrickMay 10, 2014
  2. Felipe ContrerasMay 10, 2014
  3. Jeff KingMay 12, 2014

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