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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Password Troubles Post 79755 by fdarkangel on Sunday 31st of July 2005 05:40:55 PM
Old 07-31-2005
in UNIX, generally, the keyboard input is not echoed to screen when typing a password; however the program will recieve the input as expected.
i'm not sure about the idea behind it, it might be intended to disable password output through stdout/stderr, or prevent peepers to learn how long your password is (this information is useful for brute for cracking).
 

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systemd-ask-password-console.service

SYSTEMD-ASK-PASSWORD-CONSOLE.SERVICE(8) 	       systemd-ask-password-console.service		   SYSTEMD-ASK-PASSWORD-CONSOLE.SERVICE(8)

NAME

       systemd-ask-password-console.service, systemd-ask-password-console.path, systemd-ask-password-wall.service, systemd-ask-password-wall.path
       - Query the user for system passwords on the console and via wall

SYNOPSIS

       systemd-ask-password-console.service

       systemd-ask-password-console.path

       systemd-ask-password-wall.service

       systemd-ask-password-wall.path

DESCRIPTION

       systemd-ask-password-console.service is a system service that queries the user for system passwords (such as hard disk encryption keys and
       SSL certificate passphrases) on the console. It is intended to be used during boot to ensure proper handling of passwords necessary for
       boot.  systemd-ask-password-wall.service is a system service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via wall(1). It is
       intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are properly notified.

       See the developer documentation[1] for more information about the system password logic.

       Note that these services invoke systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1) with either the --watch --console or --watch --wall command line
       parameters.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1), wall(1)

NOTES

	1. developer documentation
	   https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents

systemd 237												   SYSTEMD-ASK-PASSWORD-CONSOLE.SERVICE(8)
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