On Aug 4 13:40, Doug Henderson wrote: > The password utility /bin/passwd ignores the ^C and ^D interrupt > characters in mintty in my 64-bit only cygwin environment.
That's kind of by design. The passwd tool uses the getpass function. The getpass function is written so that it ignores any soft tty signal (^C, ^D, ^Z) during password input for security reasons. This is in line with the Linux/Glibc implementation. > This can lead to inadvertent password changes, possibly requiring a > lengthy or complex password recovery or reset. I see. The problem here is that passwd is using the getpass function. It should (probably) either use another input function or it should explicitely test for ^C, ^D, and ^Z characters in the input string to workaround the getpass security restriction. The latter would allow to disregard the input string and exiting passwd after the user pressed <Enter>. I'll look into it at one point, but I also wouldn't be too unhappy about a patch. Please see https://cygwin.com/contrib.html Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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