Re: SU shows my password at terminal
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 02:43:01PM -0700, Dave Carrigan wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 01:39:03PM -0700, tb.nospam@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Sometimes, when I type SU and then start typing my password really fast,
> > a few of the keystrokes will be echod to the screen -- usually when the
> > system is only under moderate load and I'm not "expecting" it to be
> > slow. It happens in X with gnome-terminal and also sometimes just at
> > the console.
> >
> > It's a real usability hassle. Suggestions? other than "expect that,
> > and don't do it?"
>
> You need to give su time to convert the tty to noecho. The slower the
> system, the longer it will take to do this. Your only choice is to wait
> that amount of time.
>
> --
I realized after I asked the question that this is probably a Kernel
issue. This is a P4 1.7 -- I shouldn't be able to outtype it.
Probably need low-latency kernel.....
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