On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 23:25 +0000, Dustin Kirkland 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. >
Dustin , Does that really help? The bug here was because desktop users were really confused that the terminal/sudo did not give a feedback when every other gksu/policykit/gdm show the feedback. If a user is aware enough to check the wiki and change that setting, then editing the setting is not even essential. And it does not solve any problem or this bug. Users commenting here know that sudo gives no feedback and if needed might enable the setting, but - what about the users who _dont_ know why this is happening? - why/how would they come upon the wiki to check and enable the feedback? They would not even be aware that they need to set this up. On the contrary , IMO , this can be enabled by default[atleast for desktops] and the wiki can be for _disabling_ it , as that would be the more common scenario for a user checking the wikis. @ Security team: If the temporary feedback is such a huge security issue , policykit/gksu/gdm[more commonly used than sudo] always display feedback. Why has that not been changed , is the Ubuntu OS' security severely compromised now? Are we planning to stop them from show feedback to improve security? If no _active_ steps are being taken to prevent the feedback in those places , why are we preventing the feedback in sudo? -- 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
