On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 11:21:29AM +0100, 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. > > Example: > > $ virsh -c xen+ssh://xxx/ list > rjones@xxx's password: > Permission denied, please try again. > rjones@xxx's password: > Permission denied, please try again. > rjones@xxx's password: > Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password). > libvir: Remote error : Connection reset by peer > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor > error: no valid connection > > $ virsh -c xen+ssh://xxx/?no_tty=1 list > Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password). > libvir: Remote error : Connection reset by peer > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor > error: no valid connection The use of '-o PasswordAuthentication=no' isn't sufficient because even with pulic key / gssapi auth schemes it may prompt for passwords and/or passphrases. I think we need to use '-T -o BatchMode=yes', and regardless of the no_tty flag I think it could be wise to add '-e none'. Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list