Subject: bug#24231: 25.1.1: sudo displays password

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:52:13 +0200

Andreas Röhler <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Andreas,

> Should it not be possible to suppress the plain echo in all cases
> following "sudo"?
> As the QT-shell does IIUC.

That's not Emacs' job. As shown by my examples, you might be able to
configure the sudo password prompt yourself. A simple

(setenv "SUDO_PROMPT" "password: ")

in your .emacs would suffice.

Best regards, Michael.