On 03/10/2012 03:41 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
> Are you using the GIT_ASKPASS or SSH_ASKPASS environment variables?
> 
> I think GIT uses SSH when possible. Tim does not have SSH access configured because that is how the Linux Kernel repository was cracked.
> 
> I don't know what ksshaskpass is. I don't have KDE4 installed.
> 
> Possibly this might help provide some clues:
> 
> http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Git-ksshaskpass-to-play-nice-with-https-and-kwallet-td6858195.html
> 
> Do you have commit access to GIT? If not then you should be doing anonymous syncs and don't need a password.
> 
> Darrell

I think you found it. I didn't even know about the askpass environment var, but
it is set:

  15:27 alchemy:~/tde/scr> set | grep ASK
  SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/lib64/ssh/ssh-askpass

I normally just keep all local git repos on my server and work via konsole over
ssh. I never have any askpass problems there. It was only when I cloned the
tde-packaging repo to my laptop and then tried the git-pull that it appeared.
There is no ASKPASS set on the server, but opensuse does set it on my laptop.

Oh well, at least we know what is happening. I'll google SSH_ASKPASS and find
out what the heck it is for if I have time. Thanks for pointing me in the right
direction here - now what about that darn tqt_cast issue??

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.