Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

[Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>]

On 19/12/17 02:41, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 06:41:00PM +0530, root kea wrote:
> > I am using LUKS on LVM on Debian Stretch. I have encrypted /home and
> > swap partition. When initram gets loaded it asks for password to
> > decrypt swap partition. That passowrd doesn't get printed to screen.
> > No stars. Nothing.
> > But After which Kernel gets loaded (I think) and it asks password for
> > /home which gets printed as stars. I'm really worried about this. Here
> > is a screenshot https://imgur.com/bC4AF6H
> > How do I prevent those stars from getting printed on the screen?
> Whether stars are echoed or nothing is echoed, the passphrase remains
> concealed.

Not true if the passphrase is "**********".

Kind regards,

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Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand