Subject: Re: bug#30190: 27.0.50; term run in line mode shows user passwords

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 09:01:39 -0500

found 30190 24.3
tags 30190 + confirmed
quit

Tino Calancha <[email-masked]> writes:

> 1. Start a new terminal emulator in line mode.
> M-x term RET
> C-c C-j
>
> 2. run a command that prompt for user's password
>    (e.g., 'sudo ls' or 'git push'); the user password
>    visible.

Yes, seems to have been the case for a long time, I can reproduce back
to 24.3 (oldest Emacs version I have running).

> * If you run the terminal in char modem then the password is not shown.
> * If you run a dumb shell instead, then the password is read from the
>   minibuffer with `send-invisible', thereby the password is not shown.

What do you mean by "dumb shell"?