askpass: Password Entry Utilities for R, Git, and SSH

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.

Version:	1.2.1
Imports:	sys (≥ 2.1)
Suggests:	testthat
Published:	2024-10-04
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.askpass
Author:	Jeroen Ooms [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/r-lib/askpass/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://r-lib.r-universe.dev/askpass
NeedsCompilation:	yes
Language:	en-US
Materials:	NEWS
CRAN checks:	askpass results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

askpass.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	askpass_1.2.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: askpass_1.2.1.zip, r-release: askpass_1.2.1.zip, r-oldrel: askpass_1.2.1.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): askpass_1.2.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): askpass_1.2.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): askpass_1.2.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): askpass_1.2.1.tgz
Old sources:	askpass archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:	biometryassist, comtradr, conflr, credentials, easydb, FaaSr, fidelius, gert, gpg, keyring, multilinguer, newsanchor, octopusR, openssl, qpdf, restatis, ssh, theiaR
Reverse suggests:	atrrr, httr2, move2, oskeyring, rt, rtweet, staRdom

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