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RE: ssh2 in xterm problem


Hans,

That sounds like normal behavior for Windows applications.  ssh2 would have
to be *specifically* designed in order to be usable from an xterm in
Cygwin/XFree86.  The reason that it runs in a Cygwin shell is that the
Cygwin shell is actually an MS command prompt that is running bash... but
the xterm is not an instance of an MS command prompt, so ssh2 no longer
runs.

I hope that makes sense.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Hans Werner Strube
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:19 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: ssh2 in xterm problem
>
>
> I have the Windows version of ssh2 (SSHWinClient-3.1.0-build235
> from ssh.com)
> installed. Besides the Windows GUI client, there is also a command line
> client ssh2. This works well from the Cygwin login shell. But when I call
> it from an xterm shell in XFree86-4.2.0, the password prompt appears not
> in this shell but in the login shell from which X was started. I tried to
> enter the password there but without any effect. When I enter the password
> in the xterm, it is echoed and has no effect either.
> What is the reason for this strange behaviour, and can it be circumvented?
> (Well, don't tell me I could install openssh; this seems to
> indicate a basic
> problem to be solved!)


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