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

[Colin Guthrie]

"Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote on 30/09/14 16:19:
> Hmm will this make that password visible to anyone who can watch the
> user monitor?
> 
> If that is the case then this is an bad practice since nothing should
> ever echo the input for passwords

If you read the context of the email this is for use in situations where
you are collecting user input which is NOT a password...

Read the thread and then you can disagree with it in a proper context ;)

Col

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