On Sunday 03 Aug 2014 14:05:42 Godzil wrote:
> There is one possibility: modify the login app code to display stars ;)
> 
> > Le 3 août 2014 à 15:02, Anan Laksmana <ananda.laksm...@gmail.com> a écrit
> > :
> > 
> > I think it's not possible

Please do not top post.


> >> On Aug 3, 2014 7:50 PM, "Nikos Chantziaras" <rea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Does someone know how to enable the echoing of passwords when logging
> >> in? I mean in the console or terminal. By default there's nothing
> >> displayed. I'd like to have the more traditional method of displaying
> >> asterisks instead.

Do you mean like some GUI display managers do?


> >> Possible?

Yes possible,

BUT ...

you'll probably need to create an alias and use echo (in combination with 
read?) to get it to print "*" in the place of characters.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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