[FreeNX-kNX] Public key authentication and SSH_ASKPASS on Windows

[Roy Badami]

I'm trying to get freenx to work with usermode authentication and ssh 
public keys, on Windows, and not having much luck.

I've installed the wrapper from 
http://download.berlios.de/freenx/nxssh.exe into my NX Client 3.4.0.5 
and I have it working fine if I don't have a passphrase on my private 
key.  If I have a passphrase, then authentication hangs (unsurprisingly).

But has anyone got this setup working under Windows?  Leaving aside for 
one moment the fact that I would need an SSH_ASKPASS program for Windows 
- I can't even get nxssh to invoke an SSH_ASKPASS program - if I set 
SSH_ASKPASS to notepad.exe (and DISPLAY to a dummy value) just as a 
test, it never gets invoked.

Or alternatively, anyone managed to get this to work some other way, (eg 
cygwin ssh-agent?)

Regards

roy

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Roy Badami
Roboreus Ltd
1 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1NU