From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: lsh + vc-mode Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239474248 20795 80.91.229.12 (11 Apr 2009 18:24:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:24:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 11 20:25:27 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LshtN-0004tc-4c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:25:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43323 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lshry-0002In-DL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lshrt-0002IY-4U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lshro-0002IE-KT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34900 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lshro-0002IB-Ej for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:48 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:6308) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lshrm-0003H2-T4; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:47 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArEEALV84ElLd+7D/2dsb2JhbACBUrkUjnGCToEuBoUW X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,172,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="36905590" Original-Received: from 75-119-238-195.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.238.195]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 11 Apr 2009 14:23:45 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 92A0082F5; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:45 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:55:19 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110220 Archived-At: >> 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