Your message dated Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:12:10 +0200
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and subject line Closing of wontfix bug reports.
has caused the Debian Bug report #304391,
regarding getty echos partial passwords of fast typists
to be marked as done.
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Package: util-linux
Version: 2.12-10
Login: me
whoopsPassword:
Depending how busy the machine is, and how fast the user can type, one
can display a considerable portion of her password inadvertently. I am
embarrassed when this happens to me.
To fix this, I suggest not disabling echo at the Password: prompt.
Instead, disable echo at the Login: prompt, and have getty echo the
characters it wants to, instead of letting the Linux console echo every
character it sees.
Marc
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Hello!
The bug report in question has been tagged "wontfix" for a long time. To
get a better overview of all the bug reports where action is possible/wanted
I'm closing the bug report.
People interested in "wontfix" bug reports should adjust their queries to
both include open and closed bugs.
If you still think this bug report is valid today and want to see it
reconsidered, please feel free to put together a well layed out rationale
describing the problem, why it's still relevant and how it affects
different types of users, and how you suggest to solve it.
Extra bonus points for including a patch.
Regards,
Andreas Henriksson
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