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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to echo password characters Post 83073 by mukluk on Saturday 10th of September 2005 09:09:57 AM
Old 09-10-2005
Question How to echo password characters
Hi All,

I was wondering, how can I echo password using a character such as '*' in unix?
In my machine, password is not echoed, so it is only blank space when I enter any password.

So, when I enter a command such as "lock", how can I set the echo character to "*" or something else for passwords?


Thanks,

MZ
 

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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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