Prompt for key phrase

[7twin]

Is there any way to prompt for password rather than saving it in clear text inside the project file? I tried to force tryKeyboard by supplying a wrong password and key, but that has no effect

[mkloubert]

@7twin

As explained here and here, this is an internal, non interactive thing of the ssh2-sftp-client module, I use.

If logging in with username and password, you can use the auth parameter for that:

1. Create a file like sftp_server1 inside your home directory and save your username and password there, like in an URI: USERNAME:PASSWORD
2. Add the auth parameter to your URI: auth=sftp_server1

If you use a key file with a passphrase, you can do the same thing by setting up the phrase parameter as path to a file, that contains that phrase, since version 0.21.1.

[7twin]

@mkloubert I see, but wouldn't that just move where the cleartext passphrase is?

[mkloubert]

@7twin

Yes, but it moves it from the visible URI to an external file.

The problem is that VS Code runs a lot of background operations, when using the new FileSystem API (looking for .vscode and node_modules subfolders), which can produce some conflicts (double display of password prompts, e.g.).

The aim of that extension is simply to handle URIs and the settings / parameters in them, without interacting with a GUI or workspace (settings).

I will try to find a soulution for that.

[7twin]

I'll close it for now then, thanks