Axalon wrote:
>
> It is intentional, confuses people who like to stare over shoulders
>
That would be a fine idea if it worked. I have the same problem as Irv
Mullins. Neither of us can log on as superuser using kdesu because it
won't accept the password.
> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Irv Mullins wrote:
>
> >
> > Does anyone know why, when you try to use
> > terminal (super user, kdesu) you get a password dialog,
> > in which every key pressed is echoed three times?
> >
> > Example: if root password were pig, you would type
> > pig, and see echoed: ********* (9 starz)
> > and an invalid password message. Of course it's invalid,
> > there are three times as many characters as you typed in.
> > This makes kdesu unusable.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Irv
> > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
> > _/ The opinions expressed are not my own.
> > _/ They're Lou's.
> > _/ We're blaming him for everything.
> > _/ He's the one on vacation this week.
> >
