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sonphantrung

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Registered: 2020-07-16

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How to show asterisks in passwd

I have no problem with my laptop, but do you know how to show the asterisks in passwd, as I feel very confused when I change the password. Thank you

GaKu999

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Registered: 2020-06-21

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Re: How to show asterisks in passwd

I have no problem with my laptop, but do you know how to show the asterisks in passwd, as I feel very confused when I change the password. Thank you

AFAIK, passwd does not have a way to echo * on each character.
Feel free to ask to upstream if they care about such feature...

But it may be received with disdain, since echoing characters is considered by some (who?) as a security weakness (how?).

My assumption is that it allows $someone to see the length of your password, alongside other related problems...

Last edited by GaKu999 (2020-11-19 12:12:19)

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: How to show asterisks in passwd

If you don't like passwd's interface, don't use it.  Use chpasswd instead.

If you mean for loging in or for sudo, there are options for those programs (e.g., pwfeedback for sudo).

Last edited by Trilby (2020-11-19 14:17:16)

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: How to show asterisks in passwd

rlwrap passwd

But absolutely NO guarantees on security implications.

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