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RE: ssh prompting for password in X window not in terminal WHY??

Subject: RE: ssh prompting for password in X window not in terminal WHY??
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:33:54 +0800
Why don't you tell us more information: the output of "ssh -v
bull@zany.admin.uni.edu", any related message in /var/log/messages.

Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Bull [mailto:troy.bull@uni.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 3:02 AM
To: secureshell@securityfocus.com
Subject: ssh prompting for password in X window not in terminal WHY??


Greetings

I have a frustrating problem.  Sometime in the recent past, my ssh
client stopped working on my RedHat WS 3 box.

Why it acts this way I have not been able to figure out.  If I ssh IN to
the box all is fine.  From that window then if I do something like "ssh
bull@zany.admin.uni.edu" it tries to open an xwindow password prompt.

The desired action is for it to prompt me for the password right there
(not through X but in the same tty).  This is really frustrating for me
and I have no idea how I got set this way.  I removed and reinstalled
all the ssh rpms and it still happens.  Anyone have any idea how I can
get it back to prompting me for the password right there?

Thanks
Troy



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