pop-up dialogue for sudo password?

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2020-07-14 at 06:07 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Karl Auer wrote:
> > I've found various other candidates though - pinentry for example,
> > or
> > zenity. But what I don't get is what *started* the input? What made
> > it
> > pop up?
> 
> I haven't seen the feature, so I also don't know what started the
> input.
> But maybe one of these packages is needed:
> <
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ssh-ask&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all
> >
> 
> 
> Nils
> 
> 

Thanks Nils. askpass looks a likely candidate. Without knowing what
triggers the popup, I just have to install stuff and see if my cronjob
causes a popup!

Regards, K.
 
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