Re: rsync password prompt doesn't capture input and shows password in clear

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>]

Greetings, Marki!

> SSH password prompt captures the input correctly, and does not show it.

Unable to reproduce.

> user@client /cygdrive/c/temp
> $ ssh server
> Password:
> Password:

> Rsync on the other hand won't even let me enter the password correctly.

> user@client /cygdrive/c/temp
> $ rsync -av xmppdb.db root@server:/tmp/
> Password: 123
> 123
> 123
> rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at 
> rsync.c(701) [sender=3.2.4dev]

$ rsync -av ./server.sgc $REMOTE:/home/x/
$USER@$REMOTE's password:
sending incremental file list
rsync: mkdir "/home/x" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(674) [Receiver=3.1.0]


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 23:55:06

Sorry for my terrible english...