Re: Entering blind passwords at the CLI

["Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com>]

On 23.08.2025 23:47, Tom Browder wrote:

On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 13:52 Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:

In my shaky old age I am having problems entering ****** passwords in a shell terminal

tomas and RLH, thanks so much. RLH’s method works, and I think that’s what I used to do.

The only reason I use vi is I can’t use emacs easily in a terminal window.

-Tom

    I've found "pwfeedback" option for
      sudoers config quite useful to get feedback when you enter sudo
      password. 
      The information about it buried deep inside "man sudoers" and I've
      discovered about it just recently by accident.
      It could drastically improve quality of life and I would not be
      surprised if not many users know about it.
    The security impact described in man page is negligible for
    me, because not so often I have someone watching over my shoulder
    when I type anything really, 
    and I don't think my 12 random characters (a-z A-Z 0-9 + specials)
    user password, which I type by muscle memory, will be vulnerable
    anytime soon.

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 With kindest regards, Alexander.

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