Re: [Deb-SEC]oddball ssh remote passwd question
David Ehle <ehle@agni.phys.iit.edu> writes:
> Hello all,
> if you do:
> ssh host@somemachine.domain.net password
What is `password'?
> ssh will have you authenticate to host, and then bring up the password
> change prompt
> (current) UNIX password:
> on the remote machine.
>
> BUT when you start typing, the characters show up on screen- not hashed
> or unprinted. What is it that is striping this functionality from passwd?
> Failing finding a way to get ssh to not express these characters, I
> could swear there is a simple way of turning off echoing input to the
> screen, but for the life of me I can't remember the command or variable
> in bash.
ssh(1):
| -t Force pseudo-tty allocation. This can be used to execute arbi
| trary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be
| very useful, e.g., when implementing menu services. Multiple
| -t options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty.
That any use?
~Tim
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