From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 18:53:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: document --with-askpass
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_7_0~170
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9a6917851c44890ba31116e7f5e6e8f6e08e6e23;p=sudo

document --with-askpass
---

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 15a34c87f..950b15fd4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -528,6 +528,13 @@ The following options are also configurable at runtime:
 	option.  visudo will then only use the VISUAL or EDITOR variables
 	if they match a value specified via --with-editor.
 
+  --with-askpass=PATH
+        Set PATH as the "askpass" program to use when no tty is
+        available.  Typically, this is a graphical password prompter,
+        similar to the one used by ssh.  The program must take a
+        prompt as an argument and print the received password to
+        the standard output.
+
   --disable-authentication
 	By default, sudo requires the user to authenticate via a
 	password or similar means.  This options causes sudo to