[Bug 295428] Installer: root password truncates to 32 characters

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295428

            Bug ID: 295428
           Summary: Installer: root password truncates to 32 characters
           Product: Base System
           Version: 16.0-CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: dteske@FreeBSD.org

After the OS is installed, you are asked to set a root password.

In 16.0-CURRENT, as you start typing the password, it fills up the field and
when the entire field is filled with asterisks, and you keep typing, it is
non-obvious that additional input beyond 32 characters is being ignored.

To the best of my knowledge, 14.4-STABLE, which uses old dialog, does not
suffer this problem.

I was quite astonished when I could not log into my machine after having
attempted to set a password for root that exceeded 32 chars.

I was doubly astonished when I was able to log in after typing only the first
32 characters of the password and pressing ENTER -- because the installer gave
zero indication that it was truncated (neither visually during entry nor in the
dialog prompt nor in the aftermath of having set a truncated password).

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