[PATCH:xdm 3/5] Remove forced cursor move for no-echo entry when echoPasswd not set

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Sat Feb 19 22:36:39 PST 2011


If you want to have it, for feedback that's visible to the user but
harder to shoulder-surf, enable echoPasswd and set the echoPasswdChar
to empty/space.

Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
---
 greeter/Login.c |    6 ------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/greeter/Login.c b/greeter/Login.c
index 18a3f86..5bc8c05 100644
--- a/greeter/Login.c
+++ b/greeter/Login.c
@@ -495,12 +495,6 @@ realizeCursor (LoginWidget w, GC gc)
 
 	    x += len*TEXT_WIDTH(text, w->login.echo_passwd_char, 1);
 	}
-	else
-	{
-	    /* Move cursor one pixel per character to give some feedback
-	       without giving away the password length */
-	    x += PROMPT_CURSOR(w, w->login.activePrompt);
-	}
 	break;
     }
 
-- 
1.7.3.2



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