Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:22:19 -0700 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/openpam/lib openpam_ttyconv.c Message-ID: <20020925132219.B40592@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200209252020.g8PKKDOU016695@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jmallett@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 01:20:13PM -0700 References: <200209252020.g8PKKDOU016695@freefall.freebsd.org>
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* De: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> [ Data: 2002-09-25 ] [ Subjecte: cvs commit: src/contrib/openpam/lib openpam_ttyconv.c ] > jmallett 2002/09/25 13:20:13 PDT > > Modified files: > contrib/openpam/lib openpam_ttyconv.c > Log: > Because prompting is done in stdin, the message should go to stdout. This > un-fixes a major user-interaction bogon in -CURRENT sysinstall of setting > root's initial password. This is where the stderr terminal (ttyv1) prints the prompt, but reads it on the stdin terminal (ttyv0). Thus there is disconnect between the prompt and the read. I personally think OpenPAM provides us with the functionality to have our own dialog-based prompting, but I do not know if anyone will want to develop that :) -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve Will break world for fulltime employment. | finger jmallett@FreeBSD.org http://people.FreeBSD.org/~jmallett/ | Support my FreeBSD hacking! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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