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rt 7.2R: kinit, su, anything else that uses getpass()

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Mar 28 11:02:18 1991

Date: Thu, 28 Mar 91 11:02:05 -0500
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU

System name:		pit-manager
Type and version:	RTPC-ROMPC 7.2R
Display type:		apa16
			megapel

What were you trying to do?
	Kinit in an emacs shell window.

What's wrong:
	After I ran kinit, echo was turn backed on in the emacs shell,
	despite the fact that it was not turned on before.

What should have happened:
	Kinit, and other programs that read passwords, should not just
	turn echo off and then turn it back on; they should turn echo
	off *if it isn't already off* and then restore the terminal to
	its original modes when they're done.

  jik

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