Re: getpass alternative [Re: getpass documentation]

2008-05-19 Thread Micah Cowan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon Josefsson wrote: > Another problem that I discovered is that gnulib's getpass.c inhibits > signals, so the user cannot press ^C/^Z. This is even more of a problem > when the user needs to type the same password twice: the process may be > stuck

Re: getpass alternative [Re: getpass documentation]

2008-05-19 Thread Simon Josefsson
Micah Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson wrote: >> I'm not sure it is a good idea to recommend use of getpass, possibly >> gnulib could offer a better interface. It could have a parameter to ask >> for confirmation of the password internally. However, I will use >> getpass for n

getpass alternative [Re: getpass documentation]

2008-05-17 Thread Micah Cowan
Simon Josefsson wrote: > I'm not sure it is a good idea to recommend use of getpass, possibly > gnulib could offer a better interface. It could have a parameter to ask > for confirmation of the password internally. However, I will use > getpass for now since I don't want to introduce a lot of cha