[874] in Athena Bugs
6.0C VAX (VS2) login program.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris VanHaren (Athena User Consultant))
Fri Sep 9 15:07:40 1988
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
From: Chris VanHaren (Athena User Consultant) <vanharen@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 88 15:06:37 EDT
The login field can be edited (with the delete key) the first
time -- after that, the password field is requested. If the login is
incorrect, the user is asked for the login field again. Here's where
the problem comes in:
The user cannot backspace while entering the login field a
second (or third, etc.) time. The backspace *does* take effect, but
does not show up on the screen.
This, apparently, is due to not resetting the I/O mode correctly
after turning off echo, etc. while getting the password, although I'm
not positive...
If what I've said makes no sense, see me for a demo.
-Chris.
