-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 02:07:34PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > 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.
This was what we were missing, thanks Dan. [...] > 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. Yes, the good ol' click-to-focus culture war, I know ;-P Thanks for the insight! Cheers - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlo6FWoACgkQBcgs9XrR2kacuACfTb/D/6QFCXsdJLAj0S0hAqmb P2oAnRBKJiJQ2F8s5iYDId3hGz6mfMkW =1olO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
