kde already has a feature like this. You can have no echo,1 star or 3 stars showing. Go to kcontrol, system, login manager as root. Look for the appearance tab and Echo Mode to change this.
--- Chris Spackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keld J�rn Simonsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 07:40:36PM +0100, > Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > Keld J�rn Simonsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > I noticed that login in on the X login screen > is slow. > > > > So slow that you normally would lose 2 or 3 > characters of > > > > the password, if you type regularily. Could be > very > > > > confusing for normal users > > > > > > xdm/gdm/kdm? > > > > kdm. And I just tried it again, with my normal > typing rate. > > it lost 6 characters in the passwd. > > I seem to recall a security add on program (for > windows, i think -- it > has been awhile) that would print a random number of > *'s for each > letter in your password, so that no one would know > the length of your > password. > > Maybe this could be called a similar feature? ;) > > -- > Chris Spackman > > gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 > 51B9 > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. -FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com
