[ot] info echo "*" on login

[sacarde]

hi,
is possible to have echo '*' when entering the login password ?
like old function in login.defs "GETPASS_ASTERISKS"

thank you

[oxr463]

@sacarde can you provide more information or possibly an example of what you mean?

[ldv-alt]

No, it's up to the conversation function provided by the client.

[Lew-Rockwell-Fan]

@ldv-alt Would you mind clarifying "the client" so that the loss of this option can be reported to the right place as at least a feature request, if not an outright bug. It can be a serious accessiblity issue for some of us. Whenever I log in in a non-graphical environment or su in a terminal in x, it takes me a dozen or so attempts on average.

[t8m]

The 'login' tool or 'su' tool for example.

[ldv-alt]

The client is the application that uses Linux-PAM, see
http://linux-pam.org/Linux-PAM-html/adg-interface-of-app-expected.html

[Lew-Rockwell-Fan]

Thanks. I haven't been able to figure out what package that would be, but it's a step in the direction anyway. I found a work around for su. Install sudo and then sudo su [face palm] using the user's password. That doesn't help with logging in in non-graphical environment though.

[t8m]

There are multiple such packages also depending on which distribution you use - the main ones are util-linux and shadow.