Subject: bug#24231: closed (Re: bug#24231: 25.1.1: sudo displays password)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:43:02 +0000

Your bug report

#24231: 25.1.1: sudo displays password

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#24231: 25.1.1: sudo displays password
From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
To: Andreas Röhler <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 09:42:06 +0200
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Michael Albinus <[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.

I'm closing the bug, because it is not an Emacs error.

Best regards, Michael.

Subject: 25.1.1: sudo displays password
From: Andreas Röhler <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:27:35 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

emacs -Q

M-shell RET

sudo displays password at Xubuntu

GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.7) of 
2016-08-01

Linux [...] 4.2.0-42-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 21:26:26 UTC 2016 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux