On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:19:12AM -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 09:16 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:59:57PM -0500, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 23:42 +0100, nodata wrote: > > > > > > > > No, I'm just getting annoyed that a GUI is popping up when I am using a > > > > command line app. Not sure of the point of it, it seems counter > > > > intuitive. > > > > > > You're using a command line app from a graphical terminal. > > > > I'm not sure I see your point. Changing focus to another window just > > to type a passphrase seems at best to add zero benefit and at worst > > to provide surprise and distraction. What is the benefit? > > http://man.root.cz/1/gnome-ssh-askpass/ > > gnome-ssh-askpass will lock keyboard focus to its window, preventing > focus stealing and key logging attacks from other X clients. It also > aborts if it fails to gain a lock on the keyboard. Try starting two > copies of gnome-ssh-askpass at the same time, and see what happens: > > $ /usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass&/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass > > Seems to me it's much preferable to use gnome-ssh-askpass if you're in > X, even in xterms. That could be -- the key logging point seems worthwhile. Thanks for the explanation. > (Getting real sick of these "I vote to change default functionality > because I find it aesthetically displeasing and clearly I know better > than the people who designed and implemented the functionality" > threads.) I suspect some of us are a bit sick of the indignation we get from others who don't think we should bother asking questions of them because clearly they know best...just sayin'... John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
