Support ^U for clearing password - slock - simple X display locker utility
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(DIR) commit bf0a5577acbd9ec7c6a577601b97144b205840d7
(DIR) parent e3fb34364ed2c53b21edde07ac17560a601783a9
(HTM) Author: Drew Marino <drewmarino25@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:30:19 -0400
Support ^U for clearing password
^U is a fairly common key combo for clearing fields, this patch adds
support for it.
Diffstat:
M slock.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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(DIR) diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ readpw(Display *dpy, struct xrandr *rr, struct lock **locks, int nscreens,
(len + num < sizeof(passwd))) {
memcpy(passwd + len, buf, num);
len += num;
+ } else if (buf[0] == '\025') {
+ explicit_bzero(&passwd, sizeof(passwd));
+ len = 0;
}
break;
}