BACKINTIME-ASKPASS(1)

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version 1.6.2 · 10 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 BACKINTIME-ASKPASS 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for backintime-askpass, part of the Back In Time family of docs. she's a little helper, a supporting character, but literally essential. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

backintime-askpass — Helper tool for Back In Time

like... that's the whole name. short, sweet, iconic. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

backintime-askpass

that's it. no flags, no args, just vibes. she takes no prisoners and no parameters. 😌

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this utility is a helper tool, and its whole job is providing passwords to ssh, sshfs, and encfs via standard input. that's it, that's the gig.

how does she know what to do? configuration options are read from environment variables, ngl she's lowkey mysterious like that 🦋

🚨 real talk: she is not intended for direct end-user interaction. so don't go trying to chat her up in your terminal, bestie. she is primarily used by backintime (1). she's got a main character she's loyal to and it's not you 💀

for more info about Back In Time, go peek at backintime (1). she'll tell you everything 🧚

🌈 ENVIRON 🌈

these are the environment variables she reads. yep, all of them. here's the full roster, no gatekeeping 👑

  • ASKPASS_PROFILE_ID — the Back In Time Profile-ID. which profile are we talking about? this one, bestie 💜
  • ASKPASS_MODE — the backup mode (or backend, same thing diff vibe). take a look at backintime-config(1), section profile<N>.snapshots.mode. yes i'm sending you to another manpage, it's giving homework but it's giving useful homework ✨
  • ASKPASS_TEMP — the temp FIFO socket used to pipe the password. that's the little tube the password travels through. plumbing but make it cute 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these next, fr fr:

Back In Time project website: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime

Back In Time mailing list: https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/bit-dev.python.org

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Back In Time Team — love them, they ate, no crumbs left 🌟

and that's the whole page babes, you made it to the end 🎉

so this whole thing — backintime-askpass version 1.6.2, dated 2026-10-16 — was brought to you by the BACKINTIME-ASKPASS(1) era of the Back In Time manual. periodt 💅💖

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