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add non-English regexps to comint-password-prompt-regexp for sudo password prompt

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Message #31 received at 13124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13124: 24.1; shell-mode does not hide sudo password prompts
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:14:10 +0100

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Am Donnerstag, 13. Dezember 2012, 23:14:19 schrieb Kenichi Handa:
> In article <2937464.OIdV3OoAVt <at> fluss>, Arne Babenhauserheide 
<arne_bab <at> web.de> writes:
> > I installed emacs for a collegue and the visible password is the major
> > reason why he switches to the quite inconvenient term/ansi-term mode
> > instead of shell.
> > 
> > So I think it is very relevant: It’s a matter of good defaults to never
> > show the Password your user types. Especially not (quasi-)root passwords.

> It seems to be difficult to setup
> comint-password-prompt-regexp for all variations of prompts
> for password.  How about using this kind of code (incomplete)?
…
> One can type C-c p when the shell buffer displays a prompt
> for password without letting user enter a password in the
> minibuffer.

That does not feel perfect, but it is better than the current situation, I 
think. I would prefer the shell to recognice the language setting and use that 
to select additional password-request matching.

Best wishes,
Arne
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