X-RDate: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 14:24:00 +0500 (ESK)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:24:36 +0300
From: GvS One <gvs@agmar.ru.>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Subject: FreeBSD getpass "feature"
Hi, netters!
I just found some discouraging feature of the getpass(3) function,
which affects the all programs which are using it: passwd, login, ...
When you press ^C (send intr) at the password prompt, you... can enter
then password visible (echoed). It does _not_ affect slogin/ssh
package because it uses other password giving mechanism.
I don't know, if somebody consider this behaviour normal, but I'm
not. So, after the few mail exchange with Guido, I've got the
solution: install getpass v1.6 from the current CVS tree which is
available from www.freebsd.org. Having problem with applying the
fetched diff for getpass I patched it manually, rebuilt the diff and
placed it to the
ftp://ftp.agmar.ru/pub/unix/FreeBSD/getpass.c.1.5-1.6.diff
So all those how think like me that's abnormal behaviour for the
getpass can use it. Wish you well.
SY, Seva Gluschenko, just stranger at the Road.
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