The number of stars can be changed in control panel>login manager from no to
1 to 3 stars at the users preference.
On Wednesday 25 July 2001 05:50 pm, you wrote:
> On 25 Jul 2001 13:00:23 -0400, David Walluck wrote:
> > I also would like to see it not echo back any stars when you enter your
> > password. The console has always done this, and no one has complained. I
> > am certainly for this option for security reasons, so maybe it should be
> > set by the security level. I am just afraid that newbies who have never
> > used console will complain and think that their password is not being
> > entered at all.
>
> I'd rather that it echoed back a random number of stars, instead of not
> echoing them back at all. As you said, newbies would think it's not
> being typed at all. If it echoed back a random number of stars, they'd
> know it's typing something.
>
> You want to make things as easy as possible for the newbie, but you also
> want to make things as easy as possible for the SysAdmin who has to
> support them, and whose phone will ring off the hook from newbies
> calling him for help.
>
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