[CentOS] CentOS 7.1 user login screen can't scroll up/down

[Always Learning]

On Fri, 2015-04-10 at 09:07 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:

> On Thu, April 9, 2015 13:12, zep wrote:
> 
> > frankly, this blows my mind.   not long ago there was a huge kerfuffle
> > over the change to only allow (as someone defined it 'secure') certain
> > passwords, requiring numbers, special characters, some minimum length
> > and that -had to be done- because people didn't use proper passwords
> > and couldn't be trusted to just use what was appropriate/correct
> > for their environment.
> >
> > now a completely reverse the position, plain text showing user names
> > to the world (which has always been considered to be poor security
> > at best) is just 'yeah, whatever you feel like doing.   go ahead.'

> User interface decisions are never driven by security.  If security is
> mentioned then it is used as a fig-leaf to shut down dissent.
> 
> Security when applied to these sorts of decisions is the patriotism of
> the FOSS world.  The last refuge of scoundrels who have no desire to
> admit error and wish no discomfort from making any.
> 
> The actual reasons for change usually come down to the aesthetic
> values of a small group of developers, or often a single individual,
> with the power to impose their vision on the rest of humanity.  And
> the desire to do so.  I cannot imagine why. . .

Seems RH, intoxicated by Fedora's wildest screwballs, has started to
loose its purpose and its sense of direction. The constant problems with
C7 updates is a nightmare for some dedicated Centos fans.


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Regards,

Paul.
England, EU.      Je suis Charlie.