>Out of interest, in which use case does it improve security to not >show the length of the password?
Just setting up Ubuntu Server 11.04 with Full Disk Encryption (through Installer). Besides this annoying echoing the password length is written to tty7, where anyone with physical access can read it long after booting up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566818 Title: Cryptsetup passphrase prompt during boot: every character typed repeats the prompt -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
