Getting interesting. Command: SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE=force SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/ssh/ssh-askpass rsync -r -t -v --progress -e ssh <source> <dest> brings up error: qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even thought it was found. This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.