From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: lsh + vc-mode
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvvdpbyrru.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1LshQF-0003GZ-W1@fencepost.gnu.org> (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:55:19 -0400")
>> I am not sure if this is just Emacs always expecting that if you
>> use ssh you will not get prompted for a password, or if it is
>> something else.
> Actually it's VC that requires backend commands to proceed without
> any user interaction (which implies "no passwd" among other
> things).
> Is this always the case? Tha is, will VC behave incorrectly if you
> have a OpenSSH secret key that has a password?
Pretty much, yes. IIRC you might be able to get away with a passwd if
the backend uses an X11 dialog for it (such as ssh-askpass). Otherwise,
you'll need to use an agent.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-11 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-11 17:23 lsh + vc-mode Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-04-11 17:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-04-11 17:55 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-04-11 18:23 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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