Subject: misc/29586: PAM and Xserver: password prompt is hidden
To: None <misc-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <sverre@viewmark.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/03/2005 18:56:00
>Number: 29586
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: PAM and Xserver: password prompt is hidden
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 03 18:56:00 +0000 2005
>Originator: Sverre Froyen
>Release: NetBSD 2.99.16 (2004-03-02)
>Organization:
Viewmark
>Environment:
System: NetBSD abbor.viewmark.com 2.99.16 NetBSD 2.99.16 (ABBOR) #31: Wed Mar 2 15:10:32 MST 2005 toor@abbor.viewmark.com:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile.i386/ABBOR i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
I usually redirect the X server output to a file (startx > xlog 2>&1)
and I notice the password prompt is sent to the file instead of to the
terminal (/dev/tty). Not a big deal, but it probably should be fixed.
>How-To-Repeat:
Login and type:
startx > xlog 2>&1
wait until startx fails (a few seconds) and notice that the
"Password:" prompt is in the xlog file.
>Fix:
unknown