[Bug 998816] Re: Login password is shown in plaintext

[Serge Hallyn]

This is actually a bug in getty, which accepts the username and then
starts login.

** Package changed: shadow (Ubuntu) => util-linux (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Login password is shown in plaintext

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This bug was originally posted on kernel.org but it was closed because
  it seems to be a non-related kernel bug:
  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21272

  I'm currently using Ubuntu 12.10 dev and the bug still exists there.

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