Re^2: Submitting password changes to external program

by Dietz (Curate)

on Dec 09, 2005 at 14:11 UTC ( #515542=note: print w/ replies, xml )

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Does this mean that /dev/tty gets re-opened by passwd and such programs after I redirect STDOUT to /dev/tty?

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Re^3: Submitting password changes to external program by Fletch (Chancellor) on Dec 09, 2005 at 14:48 UTC
Yes, `passwd` ignores its STDIN and opens `/dev/tty` to read the password from.	[reply]

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