Bug#57476: when prompting for password, should emit '*' or some acknowledgment of keystroke
On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 06:08:26PM -0700, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > 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
Yes, but I would love to see the interface changed so that it does not
look like it is expecting to print out something. Neither Joey nor I
could think of a way to do that, though. UI suggestions anyone?
Dan
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