Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:03:59 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> Cc: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xlockmore buffering considered silly Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10001282000170.11375-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <20000128105152.B81381@wopr.caltech.edu>
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 11:33:33AM +0100, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > I use xlockmore on 3.3 fbsd.Trying to unlock from keyboard for first > > time lead to invalid login.Trying to unlock with mouse klick works fine. > > Trying to unlock from keyboard after Ctrl-U works fine.Subsequent login > > tries from keyboard work fine.I guess xlockmore buufer the first sign from > > the keyboard and uses it in in password.It will surely not work cause it > > is not neccessary that it will coencede with the first sign of my > > password.I suggest to move this buffering away. > > I suggest you read the manual, especially the bit about "-usefirst". > Have done Thank you for the pointer to some information.The problem is the default is NOT to use first stroke as first sign of password.And I have not changed it.So the question is to my pitty still here. > -- > Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Stay close to the Vorlon. > http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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