Georg Sauthoff gsauthof@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE writes:
It might be useful (do you have any example scenarios?), but doesn't
yes. I think of a password agent, which caches different passwords for different accounts (i.e. hosts + usernames).
Hmm, I wouldn't recommend using the askpass feature for that, it seems like a too fuzzy interface; it's an interface for humans, not machines. Implementing a public key agent (or using an unencrypted public key, if that is acceptable in the given context) seems more robust.
If you really want to, you could add the hostname string to the prompt, so you get
"Password for nisse@some.host.example.com: "
Feel free to record an "enhancement" bug report at bugzilla.lysator.liu.se if you would like to have that, so that it isn't forgotten.
Regards, /Niels