Re: Entering blind passwords at the CLI
Am 23. Aug, 2025 schwätzte Tom Browder so:
moin moin,
In my shaky old age I am having problems entering ****** passwords in a
shell terminal when I can’t see what I’m typing. I think I used to be able
to copy/paste with vi, but no luck in my attempt today.
If you can copy/paste, then you should be able to use a password manager
such as keepassxc.
When pasting to a terminal I've found I now need <shift>-<ctrl>-v rather
than just <ctrl>-v.
The same when copying, I now need <shift>-<ctrl>-c rather than just
<ctrl>-c.
Using keepassxc I can generally still middle-click to paste unless I'm
crossing x2go sessions.
ciao,
der.hans
Thanks for any help.
Best regards,
-Tom
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