hmm... interestingly enough, I remember something similar to this happening. What was it? Oh yes, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Its been around for who knows how long, yet it got disable recently in the default installation. However, there is a "dontzap" program you can run once to re-enable that feature. I suggest a similar solution to this problem, as it is a rather similar solution. Find their precedents for this action, and you will find logic that should be somewhat applicable to this case.
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Arvind S Raj <neo2thegr...@gmail.com>wrote: > Well then what could be a possible solution? Not many Ubuntu users will > appreciate the fact that terminal will give a feedback such as stars (as > many stated here) and not many new users will remember unless reminded > about this just like what Blattlaus said in comment #16. Perhaps a timed > reminder in interval of a few days or something? > > -- > Entering password in Terminal gives no visual feedback > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194472 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Confirmed > Status in sudo: Fix Released > Status in “sudo” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: sudo > > Until a user entered his first "sudo" command he sees these lines every > time he opens a terminal > > -- > To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". > See "man sudo_root" for details. > > f...@bar:~$ > --- > > After the first sudo command ~/.sudo_as_admin_successful is created and > terminal starts with a simple prompt. > > Now my point: I'm reading a lot of forum postings and every other day > someone with little experience in linux and shell commands asks the question > "I'm trying to execute sudo $command, but when i try to enter my password > nothing happens, i can't see what i'm typing and i also don't see asteriks > like ***, so is my keyboard dead?". > > So please could you add a little sentence, that you can't see asteriks or > your password while entering your sudo password. This would reduce the > confusion a little bit (if people would read that note ;) > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/194472/+subscribe > -- Sincerely, Josh -- Entering password in Terminal gives no visual feedback https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194472 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
