Re: Entering blind passwords at the CLI
On Sat, 2025-08-23 at 13:52 -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks for any help.
Hi, Tom..
Am typing this in case this is your situation, too. I just officially
upgraded to Forky this week. My xfce4-terminal immediately stopped
accepting CTRL+V copy-and-paste options.
Purely by coincidence, I was messing around under "Edit > Preferences"
a couple hours later. Under the Advanced tab, there's an option that
says, "Disable all menu access keys (such as Alt + f)."
This is the first time I ever remember seeing that. Mine was checked
(toggled on) so I unchecked it on a whim. Copy and pastes started
working again. PHEW because that's how I operate in there all day every
day.
Here's hoping this is part of your problem, too.
The thing I do specific to obscured passwords is I "hen peck" (a quick
poke and release) at the keys to try and beat the key repeat rate that
messes up my own authorization attempts. It's a low level "nerve-
racking" pain, lol.
Cindy :)
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