Re: Entering blind passwords at the CLI

["Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org>]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 01:52:25PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> In my shaky old age I am having problems entering ****** passwords in a shell
> terminal when I can?t see what I?m typing. I think I used to be able to copy/
> paste with vi, but no luck in my attempt today.
>
> Thanks for any help.

Tom,

Bring up a terminal screen.  Type your password at the prompt.  If you
mistype, use backspace, or just start again by executing control-x to
get a fresh prompt.

Once the proper password is displayed, copy with a swipe of the mouse.

Then get a new terminal prompt and paste, just double-check.

Then go to the screen which needs the password and paste with the
mouse.

I do this all the time.

P.S.  Life is too short to mess around with vi.

RLH