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Comment 20 for bug 414743

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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: [Bug 414743] Re: paramiko should be default client for Windows

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Martin Pool wrote:
> 1- Encouraging use of paramiko on unix; a good first step would be to
> ask unix-based devs to try it. This may be easier if there was a
> config option as well as a variable. We can just ask on the list. In
> fact I'll just try it now!

mmm, if paramiko spoke to ssh-agent, I'd be a lot happier. Does it?

> 2- Hooking into openssh so it calls back to our uifactory to get the
> password and other things.

AFAIK openssh only allows you to do that if you are an agent: and this
is something I whole heartedly approve of.

On Modern linux machines, you will get a gui prompt for ssh connections
already; we don't need to do anything special to make this work.

- -Rob

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