Hi, /usr/lib/ssh/ssh-askpass is missing from OS 2008.11. This is the tool that ssh-add uses when invoked in a GUI. Without this file, there's no functional public/private key exchange for GUI tools.
This is important to me, probably other developers, because it's required for NetBeans integration with SVN over svn+ssh. Most of us are in a mobile workforce, the dev server is behind a firewall somewhere. We have NetBeans on our laptop and desktop, and we want to be able to ingrate with SVN using svn+ssh. Without this feature, NetBeans usefulness decreases great deal. I haven't looked into deploying an HTTPS server on the Subversion server, frankly, I'd rather not. I've set up the text-only stuff to work, inside an ssh-agent shell, if NetBeans can be re-styled to skip the prompt for the tunnel command and just accept the url, svn+ssh://user at host/repository. Then perhaps I can just invoke NetBeans in a shell started with ssh-agent. http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6192335 This bug was filed in 2003! Last update 2007. If the fix is simple, can I plead for a fix to be available soon? Console cowboys everywhere thank you. Can I get a working ssh-askpass for SunOS somewhere and just drop-in? Given that it was filed against s10_69, even before the 74_L2A, not hopeful here. I'm also grateful for pointers on how other people have worked around this. CT
