Bug#57476: when prompting for password, should emit '*' or some acknowledgment of keystroke
> When prompting for passwords, base-config doens't emit any acknowledgment
> that keys are being typed. There should be *something* emitted, such
> as '*' or whathave you.
>
> This may be a limitation of dialog for all I know -- feel free to
> reassign the bug if so.
as was pointed out to me by joeyh, this is consistent with how unix passwd
works :-)
randolph
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