Subject: bug#17839: 24.4.50; read-passwd echoes password input in non-interactive sessions

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:15:22 +0200

Michael Albinus <[email-masked]> writes:

> An example where cleartext passwords are annoying me for a while is
> running the test suite. Use another remote host for Tramp tests, like
> this:
>
> # env REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY=/sudo::/tmp make check

So use a method that does not need to ask for a password.  Both sudo and
ssh can be configured like this.

Andreas.

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