We filed an RFE on this recently. Strangely enough, its been the
biggest issue new users have with the Sun Rays. Fixing this would make
life much easier for our help desk.
Jeff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"Thomas Poole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
New users to our Sun Rays are confused that there are no '****'
echoed when they type in their passwords. They think that the
system is not letting them enter a password.
Is there some way to enable the echoing of the '****'?
There's no way to have the dtlogin greeter provide any visual feedback
during password entry. This is deliberate, it makes it harder for an intruder
to shoulder-surf his way into someone's account. It's the same logic as not
echoing anything at a traditional character login password prompt like
telnet/rlogin/ssh.
You could file an RFE asking for this to be changed. There've been a couple
of RFE's in the past that have been denied, but the desktop group seems more
amenable to this kind of "ease of use" enhancement these days.
The Sun Ray NSCM greeter takes a middle position, it echoes a space when a
password character is entered. This gives some feedback (the cursor moves
slightly) without blatantly giving away the number of characters that have
been typed.
OttoM.
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Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer.
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