hi! is it normal for, after configuring a serial console in the installer, it to not actually give you a login prompt?

I see the copyright and hostname notice and then nothing

oh, and it's also not letting me log in with the user I configured

well, I found the password issue, it was this: omniosorg/omnios-build #2507

re: that installer bug, by the way, it's here: github.com/omniosorg/kayak/blob/d82…d3c8e3a0/installer/config-menu#L902

that is why Kayak 's dialog UI is truncating input passwords to 20 characters

it _looks_ like everything is OK because the number 20 there sets the `flen` (visual field length), and the `ilen` (actual input length) is set to 0... but here's the unfortunate kicker (from dialog(1)):

> If ilen is zero, it is set to flen.

so afaict "20 0" should become "20 255" on those two lines - maybe do the username field too while you're at it. I'll open a PR.