From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Cc: Robert.Setterlund@bos.frb.org
Subject: Re: Clear Text Passwords
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:18:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42F231AF.3090408@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050804142342.C69101D3B0@p3fed1.frb.org>
Robert Setterlund wrote:
> I am the administrator of a Sun Solaris 8.0 and 9.0 server. My users
> have recently reported a problem. When they enter the Unix command
> passwd, to change their system password, and are prompted for their
> current password, the password is displayed in clear text as they enter
> it. They are using Hummingbird Exceed's xstart to log into the Unix
> server, open a virtual terminal and enter emacs. I have had them try
> the same process using telnet from a Windows XP computer and the
> password is just not displayed. Is there a way of configuring emacs to
> not display the password?
(add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions 'comint-watch-for-password-prompt)
If you put that in default.el or site-start.el, all the users will
benefit.
--
Kevin Rodgers
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2005-08-04 14:23 Clear Text Passwords Robert.Setterlund
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