> I was hoping we could make this simpler (and more standardized) if we
> simply use getpass(3), without worrying about echoing stars or
> anything else.
> 
> Even if getpass() is marked as obsolete, the idea behind it is
> sufficiently simple to implement it by our own if needed.

  Yeah, I avoided it as soon as I saw the manpage, but not echoing
anything makes this patch even simpler, all we'll need to do is 
count-- when we see backspace or delete.

Kent

>  -Klaus
> 
> -- 
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