Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 20:49:39 -0500 (EST) From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/2794: ssh fails to exec ssh-askpass Message-ID: <199702220149.UAA14988@irbs.irbs.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199702220150.RAA12024@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2794
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: ssh fails to exec ssh-askpass
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-ports
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Feb 21 17:50:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Capo
>Organization:
Not Right Now
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
>Description:
The password prompt scheme results in unbalanced single quotes when
ssh tries to exec ssh-askpass:
ssh-askpass 'username's password: '
>How-To-Repeat:
`ssh machine1 ssh machine2 command' in some environments.
>Fix:
*** readpass.c.orig Fri Feb 21 20:33:24 1997
--- readpass.c Fri Feb 21 20:33:36 1997
***************
*** 92,98 ****
"Executing ssh-askpass to query the password...\n");
fflush(stdout);
fflush(stderr);
! sprintf(command, "ssh-askpass '%.400s'", prompt);
uf = userfile_popen(uid, command, "r");
if (uf == NULL)
{
--- 92,98 ----
"Executing ssh-askpass to query the password...\n");
fflush(stdout);
fflush(stderr);
! sprintf(command, "ssh-askpass \"%.400s\"", prompt);
uf = userfile_popen(uid, command, "r");
if (uf == NULL)
{
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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