KfW 3.1: Re-directed stderr of kinit/klist displays dialog

petesea@bigfoot.com petesea at bigfoot.com
Thu Feb 22 16:03:22 EST 2007


On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Christopher D. Clausen wrote:

> I managed to redirect the password prompt:
>
> (Not sure if this is a feature or a bug.)
>
> C:\>kinit cclausen 2>&1 1>kinit.txt
> C:\>cat kinit.txt
> Password for cclausen at AD.UIUC.EDU:
> C:\>

This is actually the same as doing this:

   C:\>kinit cclausen 1>kinit.txt

In other words, the Password prompt apparently goes to stdout, not stderr.



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