Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:34:56 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Password revelation Message-ID: <20041224193456.GB67543@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20041224192519.69174.qmail@web61204.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041224192519.69174.qmail@web61204.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 2004-12-24 11:25, Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory@yahoo.com> wrote: > Here is something I noticed when installing freebsd 5.3 on my > laptop. At the point where Freebsd asks whether you want to make any > users and presents you with the screen where you can add users to your > system during the installation process, I noticed that after entering > the password...you can reveal the password by simply pressing the back > arrow. I am not sure if that is true on all bsd installations but > while installing 5.3 I noticed that though the keys were concealed > with asterisks when typing , pressing the back arrow revealed the keys > that were pressed and the password for the new user. Ooops! This sounds like a bug in the way sysinstall works. Are you familiar with the Gnats database of FreeBSD problem reports? I think you should file a bug report describing this.
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