Lonnie Cumberland wrote:

> The problem that I am having with xdm is that I need it t oecho back
> something to the user (maybe "*") when they type in the password
> field, but cannot seem to make that happen.

Oooh.  Why do you want to do that?  It makes it that much easier for
someone looking over your shoulder to crack your passwd.  If he can
count the keyclicks he hears and compare it to the number of stars he
sees he can even tell how many of the characters are shifted.

A quick look at the man page shows a lot of configurable stuff, but not
that.  I'll assume you took a closer look. If you insist on doing this
you'll have to dig into the code.  Looks like the authentication widget
is called xlogin.  libXdmGreet may also be involved.

Good luck.

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