On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 16:03:50 +0200, Ellie wrote: > On 7/18/25 2:51 PM, Valery Ushakov wrote: > > > TIL that NetBSD has getpassfd(3) that supports GETPASS_ECHO_STAR: > > > > https://man.netbsd.org/getpassfd.3 > > https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/trunk/lib/libc/gen/getpass.c > > I wonder, does NetBSD also have a way of how would a user of "su" invoke it, > assuming that "su" in NetBSD learned how to make use of that?
No, su(1) doesn't use it. It seems nothing in base currently uses GETPASS_ECHO_STAR - printing asterisks might be considered a security problem b/c it reveals the length of the password. My point is that the code is already out there, so if you need it, you can integrate it in a way convenient for your specific use case and avoid all the bikeshedding :). -uwe _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] https://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
