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Cross-platform utilities for prompting the user for credentials or a passphrase, for example to authenticate with a server or read a protected key. Includes native programs for MacOS and Windows, hence no 'tcltk' is required. Password entry can be invoked in two different ways: directly from R via the askpass() function, or indirectly as password-entry back-end for 'ssh-agent' or 'git-credential' via the SSH_ASKPASS and GIT_ASKPASS environment variables. Thereby the user can be prompted for credentials or a passphrase if needed when R calls out to git or ssh.
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Cross-platform utilities for prompting the user for credentials or a
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passphrase, for example to authenticate with a server or read a
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protected key. Includes native programs for MacOS and Windows, hence
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no 'tcltk' is required. Password entry can be invoked in two different
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ways: directly from R via the askpass() function, or indirectly as
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password-entry back-end for 'ssh-agent' or 'git-credential' via the
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SSH_ASKPASS and GIT_ASKPASS environment variables. Thereby the user
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can be prompted for credentials or a passphrase if needed when R calls
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out to git or ssh.
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