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25.1.1: sudo displays password

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Message #30 received at 24231-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 24231-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24231: 25.1.1: sudo displays password
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:48:58 +0200

reopen 24231


Hallo Michael,


sorry continuing so late.

Checked with eshell, which hides the password, displaying just spots.

From there think it would be worth fixing it at Emacs-shell.


Looks like a solution is in esh-mode.el:

(defun eshell-send-invisible ()
  "Read a string without echoing.


Best,

Andreas


On 17.08.2016 09:42, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> 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.

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