When readline is called to get user input, it is called without a prompt argument. As a result, if the user does not enter anything for a given field, then the next field is displayed on the same line, yielding the following output: $ chfn Changing finger information for user. Password: Name []: Office []: Office Phone []: Home Phone []: instead of the expected: $ chfn Changing finger information for user. Password: Full Name []: Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: This patch restores the expected behavior by feeding readline with a character to display as "prompt". Signed-off-by: Damien Goutte-Gattat <dgouttegattat@xxxxxxxxxx> --- login-utils/chfn.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/login-utils/chfn.c b/login-utils/chfn.c index 1b203a83e..b2aadb0d9 100644 --- a/login-utils/chfn.c +++ b/login-utils/chfn.c @@ -235,12 +235,13 @@ static char *ask_new_field(struct chfn_control *ctl, const char *question, if (!def_val) def_val = ""; while (true) { - printf("%s [%s]: ", question, def_val); + printf("%s [%s]:", question, def_val); __fpurge(stdin); #ifdef HAVE_LIBREADLINE rl_bind_key('\t', rl_insert); - if ((buf = readline(NULL)) == NULL) + if ((buf = readline(" ")) == NULL) #else + putchar('\n'); if (getline(&buf, &dummy, stdin) < 0) #endif errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("Aborted.")); -- 2.27.0