FiSH Connection fails : mc freezing

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > I cannot connect with mc to any host using the fish virtual file system over
> > > ssh, as mc freezes when requesting the users password.
> >
> > fish does not suuport password auth because ssh always reads passwd from /ddev/tty.
> > Fixssh to acceptt passwd from stdin, and we an fix mc.
> 
> Actually, there is a good reason why ssh uses /dev/tty.  The standard
> channels (stdout, stdin, stderr) are connected to the remote program
> and

Yep, I know there are good reasons.

> It is possible to control /dev/tty of ssh if it's run in a pseudoterminal,
> similar to how MC runs the subshell.  Still it will require that mc

Yep, I know. It seemed too much trouble.

> interprets the output of ssh somehow.  Maybe MC could capture all output
> until ssh runs the fish server _or_ asks for the password/passphrase, but
> I envision problems with making it secure and reliable.
> 
> Another solution would be to hide the panels and run ssh on the same tty
> as MC.  The panels would be restored when the remote fish server answers.
> This would not be pretty, but it would completely eliminate the need to
> redirect /dev/tty and capture/feed anything.

If you can do this in 10 lines, do it.
								Pavel
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