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comint-mode and 'SUDO password' prompt

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24817: closed (comint-mode and 'SUDO password' prompt)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:15:02 +0000

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From: Web <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
Subject: Request for an improvement
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:38:25 +0200

Hello!

Playing with Ansible in a shell buffer Ansible asks me for a:

	SUDO password: 

And comint-mode does not recognise this as a prompt to input a password…

Could comint-password-prompt-regexp be enhanced by default by adding this text to it?

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Greetings

   Pete

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 24817-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24817: comint-mode and 'SUDO password' prompt
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:14:20 -0500

Version: 26.1

commit 581c4d1 (HEAD, master)
Date:   Thu Feb 23 17:12:49 2017 -0500

    * lisp/comint.el (comint-password-prompt-regexp): Add SUDO. (Bug#24817)

diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el
index 830f4ca..7bac305 100644
--- a/lisp/comint.el
+++ b/lisp/comint.el
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ This variable is buffer-local."
    (regexp-opt
     '("Enter" "enter" "Enter same" "enter same" "Enter the" "enter the"
       "Old" "old" "New" "new" "'s" "login"
-      "Kerberos" "CVS" "UNIX" " SMB" "LDAP" "PEM"
+      "Kerberos" "CVS" "UNIX" " SMB" "LDAP" "PEM" "SUDO"
       "[sudo]" "Repeat" "Bad" "Retype")
     t)
    " +\\)"

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