1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/readpass.c b/readpass.c
index b4421ade0..96b7e84b4 100644
--- a/readpass.c
+++ b/readpass.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: readpass.c,v 1.26 2002/02/13 00:39:15 markus Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: readpass.c,v 1.27 2002/03/26 15:58:46 markus Exp $");
 
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "readpass.h"
@@ -118,8 +118,11 @@ read_passphrase(const char *prompt, int flags)
                 return ssh_askpass(askpass, prompt);
         }
 
-        if (readpassphrase(prompt, buf, sizeof buf, rppflags) == NULL)
+        if (readpassphrase(prompt, buf, sizeof buf, rppflags) == NULL) {
+                if (flags & RP_ALLOW_EOF)
+                        return NULL;
                 return xstrdup("");
+        }
 
         ret = xstrdup(buf);
         memset(buf, 'x', sizeof buf);