randy wrote: > I am having a problem when logging in and after the screen locks and I have > to enter the password to unlock, I can't tell how many characters I have > typed or if I mistype I can't tell how many times to hit the backspace key. > My system is set up to lock after 3 failed login attempts. Other people use > the system so it is being locked out alot. Is there any way to tell the > system to echo your keystrokes when entering the password at either place. > Thanks for any info.
Which desktop environment are you using ? The CDE lockscreen (dtsession) does not echo '*' for each entered character but the GNOME lockscreen program (xscreensaver) does. -- Darren J Moffat