Re: [Libvir] [PATCH] add no_tty flag for ssh
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 11:23:58AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>This patch adds an extra no_tty=1 flag to the connection URI. This
>stops ssh from asking for a password if it can't log in automatically.
>Typical use-case for this is in graphical programs where if ssh asks for
>a password it would cause the GUI program to hang.
I should have added that it is perfectly safe for GUI programs to always
add ?no_tty=1 (or &no_tty=1) to the end of URIs. In the non-ssh case it
is ignored.
ACK, fine by me & would make it nicer for virt-manager, as well as for
people scripting the CLI tools.
Dan.
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