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

[Colin Guthrie]

David Sommerseth wrote on 17/09/14 13:26:
> If there are better ways how to solve this, please let me know and I'll
> go that path instead.

I asked much the same question a looong time back on this list regarding
a generic API to ask for more than just passwords although it was hidden
in a comment (also regarding openvpn) and thus I'm not sure it got much
notice.

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-November/007572.html

Various network enabled devices are being auto detected (audio output
devices being one) and a generic mechanism with graphical agents to get
appropriate credentials would be nice.

I'd rather the ability to make a single request and have the agent ask
for all credentials and reply once rather than looping over both
separately however.

Col

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