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by **Jens-Uwe Mag** » Wed, 19 Jan 1994 07:52:19

Quote:> - how the user is asked for his/her password
> (this includes the possibility to echo or not to echo
> the password, setting the prompt, giving any message/challenge,
> etc etc)

I hope this is flexible enough for programs not associated with a
terminal to be able to do a proper login or password change. Will it be
able to support things like popper?

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by **Casper H.S. D** » Wed, 19 Jan 1994 18:22:27

>> - how the user is asked for his/her password
>> (this includes the possibility to echo or not to echo
>> the password, setting the prompt, giving any message/challenge,
>> etc etc)
>I hope this is flexible enough for programs not associated with a
>terminal to be able to do a proper login or password change. Will it be
>able to support things like popper?

I should think so: it calls back to the user program with a list
of commands: (e.g., first print text, then ask password while echoing).
The asking of the password is controlled by the application.

Casper

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getting around passwd construction constraints.

getting around passwd construction constraints.

getting around passwd construction constraints.