# SSH_ASKPASS 3 messages from 2009-01-10 to 2009-01-10. Participants: Henk, Changsheng Jiang, Alexander Gavrilov. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17074 ## Henk, 2009-01-10 10:55 Subject: SSH_ASKPASS Message-ID: <1231584934701-2137400.post@n2.nabble.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1231584934701-2137400.post%40n2.nabble.com ``` Hi, I'm trying to get "git push" to use git-gui--askpass to ask me for the password instead of promting me on the command promt. I need this because I start the "git push" command from code and there is no terminal where ssh can ask the user for a password. I tried writing the following tcl script that allmost is what I need: set env(SSH_ASKPASS) "C:/Program Files/Git/libexec/git-core/git-gui--askpass" exec ssh git@github.com Ssh will now ask me for the password using git-gui--askpass. But now the standardout is also shown in a dialog, and not on the standardout of the process. Looking at the git-gui scripts didn't help me, because I have absolutely zero experience in tcl. I also tried not using a tcl script, but setting SSH_ASKPASS as an environment variable in windows. This doesn't seem to work, ssh will still prompt me for a password. Anyone can help me write a script that asks for the password using SSH_ASKPASS but still prints the output on standardout? I use Windows btw. Henk -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/SSH_ASKPASS-tp2137400p2137400.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ``` ## Changsheng Jiang, 2009-01-10 17:13 Subject: Re: SSH_ASKPASS Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/eafc0afe0901100913w6a461605qf48d7eb7169d50f4%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1231584934701-2137400.post@n2.nabble.com> ``` Why you don't setup a pair of keys, then you will not need to enter passwords? Yours Sincerely, Changsheng Jiang On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 18:55, Henk wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get "git push" to use git-gui--askpass to ask me for the > password instead of promting me on the command promt. I need this because I > start the "git push" command from code and there is no terminal where ssh > can ask the user for a password. I tried writing the following tcl script > that allmost is what I need: > > set env(SSH_ASKPASS) "C:/Program > Files/Git/libexec/git-core/git-gui--askpass" > exec ssh git@github.com > > Ssh will now ask me for the password using git-gui--askpass. But now the > standardout is also shown in a dialog, and not on the standardout of the > process. Looking at the git-gui scripts didn't help me, because I have > absolutely zero experience in tcl. > > I also tried not using a tcl script, but setting SSH_ASKPASS as an > environment variable in windows. This doesn't seem to work, ssh will still > prompt me for a password. > > Anyone can help me write a script that asks for the password using > SSH_ASKPASS but still prints the output on standardout? > > I use Windows btw. > > Henk > -- > View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/SSH_ASKPASS-tp2137400p2137400.html > Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ``` ## Alexander Gavrilov, 2009-01-10 18:02 Subject: Re: SSH_ASKPASS Message-ID: <200901102102.12821.angavrilov@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200901102102.12821.angavrilov%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1231584934701-2137400.post@n2.nabble.com> ``` On Saturday 10 January 2009 13:55:34 Henk wrote: > I'm trying to get "git push" to use git-gui--askpass to ask me for the > password instead of promting me on the command promt. I need this because I > start the "git push" command from code and there is no terminal where ssh > can ask the user for a password. I tried writing the following tcl script > that allmost is what I need: > > set env(SSH_ASKPASS) "C:/Program > Files/Git/libexec/git-core/git-gui--askpass" > exec ssh git@github.com > > Ssh will now ask me for the password using git-gui--askpass. But now the > standardout is also shown in a dialog, and not on the standardout of the > process. Looking at the git-gui scripts didn't help me, because I have > absolutely zero experience in tcl. > > I also tried not using a tcl script, but setting SSH_ASKPASS as an > environment variable in windows. This doesn't seem to work, ssh will still > prompt me for a password. > > Anyone can help me write a script that asks for the password using > SSH_ASKPASS but still prints the output on standardout? OpenSSH won't even try to use SSH_ASKPASS if it has access to a terminal. Tcl makes it work precisely because the Tcl interpreter is a GUI application that is detached from the console. You should set the SSH_ASKPASS variable, and try running the commands as you actually plan to do it from your code. Alexander ```