Re: Clear Text Passwords

[Kevin Rodgers]

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.

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Kevin Rodgers