It should background after asking, not before. If it doesn't that's a bug (and submit it on the bugtracker). It sounds like it might be the kind of bug that doesn't have an easy solution, though.

But perhaps you can use a passwordless PEM file?

James

On Jun 5, 2004, at 6:25 PM, Mike Mueller wrote:

When I run my SSL server with twistd -ny it prompts me to enter the PEM pass phrase. But where can I enter it if it runs in the background, i.e twistd -y?