Re: odd passwd problem.
On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 16:51:35 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday 01 August 2019 08:01:40 Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> > My experience for many years has been that the first console is
> > especially a stinker about having a super fast keystroke repeat
> > setting. We can see it visually when typing in normal commands but
> > would have no idea it's occurring for passwords where there's no
> > visual cue as to what's occurring.
> >
> Back in jessie days, it did not set the keyboard repeat at boot, so the
> first thing was to call up that util and set the repeat down from around
> 1000 to 15 or 20, then it worked fine until the next reboot, but I've
> seen nothing like that on stretch by raspian.
Just put
@reboot /sbin/kbdrate -r 8 -d 500 -s
into /root/crontab and then type
~# crontab crontab
> > Not too long ago, I saw a User asking about the ability to add a
> > visual aid, e.g. those classic asterisks, to a password entry field
> > that currently just sat there blank. The ability to make that User
> > CHOICE would sure come in handy for at least that initial login
> > console, depending on one's accessibility needs. Persons with
> > disabilities related to mobility, dexterity would potentially benefit
> > the most.
>
> Absolutely.
>
> > Afterthought.. That option may currently exist. The above just
> > reflects that I haven't tripped over it yet. :)
> >
> Me either Cindy. Sigh.
Possibly myself, if you're thinking of:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/06/msg00585.html
But that was really about encryption passphrases rather than login passwords.
Cheers,
David.
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