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Re: How to have password shown?

From <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: How to have password shown?
Date 2019-07-03 14:20 +0200
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On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 11:24:54AM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi all...
> 
> Is there any a way to have my user-password shown when logging into Debian in
> tty console, or also within X system when changing to root?  It is for my old
> father...  it'd be easier for him to see what he's typing.  In internet I found
> some procedures to have asterisks shown; would it be possible to have a clear
> text as well?  Maybe it isn't as I understand...

I think /bin/login isn't set up to allow that (at least that's what a cursory
reading of its man page tells me). I fear the only way for you would be to
modify its source and recompile...

Cheers
-- tomás

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How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 13:30 +0200
  Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 14:20 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2019-07-03 14:20 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 14:30 +0200
      Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 14:40 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-07-04 04:00 +0200
  Re: How to have password shown? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-03 14:20 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 15:10 +0200
      Re: How to have password shown? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-07-04 04:00 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-04 14:50 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-03 15:10 +0200
  Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 14:20 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 14:20 +0200
      Re: How to have password shown? Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> - 2019-07-03 15:20 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 15:30 +0200
          Re: How to have password shown? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-07-03 17:40 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-03 18:40 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-03 22:10 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-05 06:40 +0200
              Re: How to have password shown? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-07-05 08:50 +0200
                Re: How to have password shown? Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2019-07-05 16:30 +0200
                Re: How to have password shown? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-07-05 21:40 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-03 14:20 +0200
  Re: How to have password shown? Håkon Alstadheim <hakon@alstadheim.priv.no> - 2019-07-03 14:30 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2019-07-03 14:50 +0200
      Re: How to have password shown? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2019-07-03 15:00 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2019-07-03 15:10 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 15:10 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 15:10 +0200
      Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 15:00 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-07-03 19:30 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-07-04 04:10 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 14:50 +0200
      Re: How to have password shown? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-03 15:30 +0200
        Re: How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 15:40 +0200
          Re: How to have password shown? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-07-03 16:10 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 16:20 +0200
              Re: How to have password shown? andreimpopescu@gmail.com - 2019-07-03 16:40 +0200
                Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 16:40 +0200
                Re: How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 17:10 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2019-07-04 13:00 +0200
          Re: How to have password shown? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-03 17:10 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? tomas@tuxteam.de - 2019-07-03 17:20 +0200
              Re: How to have password shown? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-07-03 17:30 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2019-07-03 17:20 +0200
            Re: How to have password shown? Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2019-07-03 17:30 +0200
    Re: How to have password shown? Renato Gallo <renato@aster-lab.com> - 2019-07-03 14:50 +0200
      Re: How to have password shown? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-03 15:20 +0200

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