Comment 22 for bug 414743

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Robert Collins wrote:
> 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?

Last I checked, it does. It certainly knows how to talk to Pageant,
because I was the one that wrote that support. But I based it on the
existing ssh-agent support.

John
=:->

>
>> 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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