passwords

marksstroud · 09-22-2001, 06:41 PM

This maybe a petty thing,but when I log in to Suse Linux I don't get the password or asterisks in the password field.Is this normal? I thought asterisks appeared at one time.The same thing happens when I log out.At one time I didn't have to use a password to log out; I just clicked "OK" as Shutdown was already bulleted.What can I do? Mark

undef · 09-22-2001, 09:46 PM

i think it depends on the window manager that you're using. if you're running kde i believe kdm shows all the password characters as * and it doesn't require password to shutdown.

if you're concern about this, don't start kdm on startup. it'll log you into console and you'll require password to shutdown.

spansih_cuckoo · 09-24-2001, 01:16 PM

If youre using kde.2.1 as a user login manger you could change that featutre at: k>>configuration>>kde>>system>>kdelogin.

Not really sure cuz i use Mandrake so things could be a little different...

And if you are talking console mode, some people call it text mode) I have no idea...