> David Siegel This is definitely not a paper cut, as average users will
never open a terminal, and therefore never use sudo.
That's where I don't agree. In Forum posts and Support sites etc, you find a
lot of command-line commands, that you're advised to execute to install a
certain package or
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This is definitely not a paper cut, as average users will never open a
terminal, and therefore never use sudo.
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Seems fixed Upstream , Just need to make it in sudo (Ubuntu)
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Upstream now added a "pwstars" option in cvs head, which will be
released as 1.7.0.
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> Changing the initial note to this works for me
I don't think this would help, because most people don't read this
message and even if the do, they won't remember that month later.
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Changing the initial note to this works for me:
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo "
and enter your password (you won't get any visual feedback).
See "man sudo_root" for details.
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> Also, on a standard desktop you hardly have to use sudo on a Terminal
anyway, thus "wontfix".
I reopen here. Today we had on ubuntuusers.de THREE new user who asked
how they can enter their password inside a shell. All of them thought
their keyboard was defect... Please, can we get back to my fi
Upstream rejected this, and carrying a patch eternally in such a
sensitive program is really bad.
Also, on a standard desktop you hardly have to use sudo on a Terminal
anyway, thus "wontfix".
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Christoph Langner [2008-05-20 14:56 -]:
> A distributor should never ever patch such important packages like sudo,
> even when the change might be small. So, either report your wish
> upstream or change the explanation message. But please, don't patch
> sudo!
Patching security-critical infrast
A distributor should never ever patch such important packages like sudo,
even when the change might be small. So, either report your wish
upstream or change the explanation message. But please, don't patch
sudo!
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I don't see why asterisks should be a problem. If someone is able to see the
asterisks on your screen he must stand behind or right next to you. So he would
most likely be able to see your keyboard. And if he sees your keyboard, he
wouldn't be interested in the length of the password since he wo
Either it's safe to show the length of a password, or it isn't. If it
is, this bug can be fixed by getting sudo to show asterisks. If it
isn't, then it's a bug in gksu and PolicyKit that they show bullets.
Either way, I think the right place to fix this is in sudo itself, not
in a terminal introdu
Matthew Paul Thomas [2008-03-14 3:36 -]:
> Instead of trying to explain the problem, why not fix it, by getting
> sudo to show asterisks as you type your password?
sudo is a pretty paranoid program, so it doesn't expose the length of
the password by showing asterisks.
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Instead of trying to explain the problem, why not fix it, by getting
sudo to show asterisks as you type your password?
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That looks good.
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Hi,
Christoph Langner [2008-03-13 18:34 -]:
> To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo ".
> See "man sudo_root" for details. While you enter your password, you won't get
> any visual feedback.
I'd shuffle this a bit:
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "
How about a simple sentence:
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Matthew, do you have a suggestion for concise and clear instructions for
this? Thank you in advance!
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Agree, anything to reduce forum hits for new users.
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