Re: [dev] [slock] [PATCH] Add option to show the password on the screen

From: Eric Pruitt <eric.pruitt_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:40:57 -0700

On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 02:49:47PM +0530, Aditya Goturu wrote:
> Actually, I have a better suggestion. Rather than burdening the user
> with things like passwords, we must make it such that it will simply
> allow the user to unlock as soon as the enter key is pressed. Perhaps we
> should integrate with Microsoft Active Directory to allow this.

This feature was previously implemented for Linux systems using certain
types of authentication schemes, but unfortunately, it was removed last
August:

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/22
- http://git.suckless.org/slock/commit/?id=d8bec0f6fdc8a246d78cb488a0068954b46fcb29

Eric
Received on Sun Apr 02 2017 - 08:40:57 CEST

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