Public bug reported:
when using the sudo command in a terminal, it would be nice if it
immediately confirmed if the password was entered correctly.
currently, if you enter an incorrect password, there is a few second
delay to prevent someone from sitting and guessing passwords.
however, there will also be a delay if the command entered into sudo
will take a few seconds to open, and sometimes these are hard to
differentiate between.
for example, if i was opening, say my source.list with:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
gedit would take a few seconds to load. sometimes, i'll mistake this for
a mistyped password. other times, i did mistype the password, and
wrongly assumed it was just taking some time to open, only to realize 30
seconds or a minute later that my file was never opened because I have
turned by focus to something else while the application was loading.
so here's my very minor suggestion:
when using sudo at the command line, follow a correct password with a
simple 'ok' so the user is sure that he or she entered the password
correctly:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Password:
ok
<loads gedit>
This way, the user knows they entered their password correctly, and can
turn their attention to something else.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Confirm immediately after sudo
https://launchpad.net/bugs/70089
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