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I am trying to ssh into a site using PKI. I have a private key in my |
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.ssh directory that requires a passphrase. |
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ssh is asking me for my passphrase using a terrible program called |
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"pinentry". It's terrible for a bunch of reasons, and if you are |
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interested you can just google "pinentry sucks". |
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pinentry is on my system because it is a dependency of gpg. gpg is on |
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my system because I use thunderbird with +crypt (which is the |
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default). |
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Question: |
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By what mechanism does ssh know to use the program "pinentry" to |
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acquire my passphrase? |
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Thank you, |
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Chris |