[systemd-devel] [PATCH] ask-password: Add --do-echo to enable echoing the user input

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 09/17/2014 12:26 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been playing with the systemd feature enabled in OpenVPN.  And I
> propose this change to systemd-ask-password to avoid masking usernames.
>   I tried looking for alternative ways querying for usernames through
> systemd without finding a good solution.
>
> This patch has been tested locally on a slightly modified OpenVPN build
> which calls systemd-ask-password with --do-echo when it queries the user
> for usernames.
>
> If there are better ways how to solve this, please let me know and I'll
> go that path instead.
>
>

Should this not be fixed upstream openvpn?

JBG