>>> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> schrieb am 11.05.2020 um 17:34 in Nachricht <14266_1589211256_5EB97078_14266_88_1_20200511153416.GB1415@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. et>: > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 04:39:43PM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote: > >> I'm aware that most repositories use "open HTTP" or SSH public key >> authentication, but for the few cases where SSH with password is being >> used, there is a minor probem like this: >> --- >> tester@host:~/iredir> git fetch >> Password: >> --- >> >> Now if you are working busily with the project you probably know where >> the repository came from, what the username and password is, but if >> you haven't worked with the repository for a while, it might be >> helpful to see the username and host (the part up to ':' in the >> display of "git remote -v", e.g.: "windl@server") with the password >> prompt to select the correct password. >> >> So my proposal would be "Password for user@host:" instead of just >> "Password:". >> >> Problem seen in git 2.26.1... > > That prompt is generated by ssh, not by git. Any git prompts do say > "Password for user@host" or similar (e.g., what you see for http > authentication). > > The best we can do is print "Connecting via ssh to host..." or similar > before running ssh, which would give more context to the "Password" > prompt. But would probably be annoying for people using key > authentication (and we can't know which, because that decision is made > internally by ssh). > > There might be a way to convince ssh to give a more descriptive prompt, > but it looks like it may depend on the auth system used by the server. > Some quick googling turns up: > > > https://serverfault.com/questions/849906/how-to-display-userhostname-in-sshd- > password-prompt > Hi Jeff, thanks for explaining that! I'm sorry thinking the prompt was from Git. Regards, Ulrich
