Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars
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On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 02:07:34PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017, root kea wrote:
> > I want *default* password agent to be consistent with traditional *Nix
> > password handling. And that is echoing NOTHING at all.
>
> You can just recompile systemd-ask-password and set ASK_PASSWORD_SILENT
> true. This probably should be a command-line option, though. I suspect
> that a bug report with a patch will be well received.
This was what we were missing, thanks Dan.
[...]
> The default is this way because it's less surprising to users who aren't
> used to this style of password prompt. I personally prefer the other way
> around, but that's because I already know what is going on and can
> change it if I care.
Yes, the good ol' click-to-focus culture war, I know ;-P
Thanks for the insight!
Cheers
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