On Wed, 4 May 2011 21:57:44 +0000 "Cook, Jason" <jason.c...@wesd.org> wrote:
> This question has been asked before in 2009: > > Jeff Kowalczyk > Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:20:27 -0700 > > (Begin quote) > > Tightvnc-1.3.10 prompted for a password in the terminal from which it was > started. When using a -via ssh tunnel, both password prompts conveniently > occurred in the same terminal. > > Now that I have switched to tigervnc-1.0, it raises a password prompt window > in X. > > Can we have an option to use the terminal password prompt? > > (End quote) > > I second this request. The current X based prompt is not keyboard accessible. > It forces a user to click in the input box before typing the password. > > If directing the password prompt back to the terminal is not technically > feasible, is it possible to have the X input automatically selected without > requiring a mouse click? This would provide a similar convenience. The new viewer I'm writing should have better focus behaviour, but asking on stdin/stdout should also be possible. Easiest way is probably by adding another option for this behaviour. I'm afraid I don't have any time to look at this issue now, but please file a bug in the tracker so that this request doesn't get lost. Rgds -- Pierre Ossman OpenSource-based Thin Client Technology System Developer Telephone: +46-13-21 46 00 Cendio AB Web: http://www.cendio.com A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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