Bug 17139

Summary: ssh-add / openssh-askpass problem
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Gerald Teschl <gt>
Component: opensshAssignee: Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
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Description Gerald Teschl 2000-08-31 15:49:03 UTC 
The openssh-askpass dialog never accepts the passphrase the first time.
I always have to type it twice. I have tested different window managers.

No problems under RH6.2 and on the command-line.
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-09-07 18:59:58 UTC 
The version in the build tree appears to be working correctly.  It prints out
whatever I've typed the first time.
Comment 2 Gerald Teschl 2000-09-08 07:57:35 UTC 
This is in fact a very weird problem! I just replaced the ssh-askpass by a
little wrapper
to figure out what is wrong:

#!/bin/sh
PASS=`/usr/lib/ssh/ssh-askpass.orig`
echo $PASS >> /tmp/pass.log
echo $PASS

And now it works!? If I remove the  wrapper it doesn't. This looks like quantum
mechanics to me:
Watching the experiment changes its outcome! Anyway, I hope this is gone in the
final
release.