[systemd-bugs] [Bug 82004] The tty-ask-password-agent does not use all devices of /dev/console

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82004

--- Comment #2 from Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> ---
I am not convinced this is really a good idea. I mean, we don't start gettys on
all configured kernel consoles either, no rescue shell, no emergency shell.

On Linux, /dev/console is a weird thing. It's output is dirtsibuted to multiple
ttys, but it's input is not merged (and that'd even be difficult becuase it
would be unclear what $TERM would be right for such a case). Just adding
support for this to the text password prompt is just a work-around for one
specific case...

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