Seriously? #ubuntu-hardened isn't a supreme court.... this can be discussed so that by reasoning with them they would see that this isn't really a security issue. However, I do propose one final alternative. The first time you run sudo you should get to type a number, 1 or 2, and choose whether you want to enable or disable visual feedback. And furthermore, there definitely needs to be a one liner to tell people what's up if that option isn't viable.
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Per discussion in #ubuntu-hardened, the Ubuntu Security guys are opposed > to the change I proposed above. > > Thus, this bug is closed, and should be handled in documentation. > > I have added a section to the sudoer's documentation: > * > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers#Enabling%20Visual%20Feedback%20when%20Typing%20Passwords > > Those who want to enable visual feedback, can do so in the configuration > file. Sorry. > > -- > 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 Ubuntu Server papercuts: Invalid > Status in sudo: Fix Released > Status in “sudo” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > 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
