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. > I am amazed that at times I had to defend not wanting stars(*) getting > echoed on terminal on *Linux* box. That should have been other way > around. That is the onus to defend should be on the one who wants > stars(*) being echoed on Terminal. 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. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
