GNU bug report logs - #45413
Password exposure on SSH login

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Pedro J. V. Mendes" <pedro.mendes <at> ist.utl.pt>

Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 23:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
To: "Pedro J. V. Mendes" via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army
 knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "Pedro J. V. Mendes" <pedro.mendes <at> ist.utl.pt>, 45413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45413: Password exposure on SSH login
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 21:45:16 +0100

"Pedro J. V. Mendes" via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army
knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> OK, (only) after starting with emacs -Q does the password prompt (and
> the focus) appear at the mini-buffer.
>

Yes, that is expected.  The minibuffer prompt should hide your password
with asterisks as you type it.

I think this may not be a bug in Emacs, but a problem somewhere in your
Emacs configuration.  Comment out parts of your .emacs until you find
the culprit.
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