Entering password in Terminal gives no visual feedback
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Won't Fix
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu Server papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
sudo |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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sudo (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: sudo
Until a user entered his first "sudo" command he sees these lines every time he opens a terminal
--
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
foo@bar:~$
---
After the first sudo command ~/.sudo_
Now my point: I'm reading a lot of forum postings and every other day someone with little experience in linux and shell commands asks the question "I'm trying to execute sudo $command, but when i try to enter my password nothing happens, i can't see what i'm typing and i also don't see asteriks like ***, so is my keyboard dead?".
So please could you add a little sentence, that you can't see asteriks or your password while entering your sudo password. This would reduce the confusion a little bit (if people would read that note ;)
************
Ex of users getting confused:
https:/
http://
Forums admin posting a list of user-stories:
http://
http://
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Changed in sudo: | |
assignee: | nobody → pitti |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in sudo: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in sudo: | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
Changed in sudo: | |
status: | Won't Fix → Fix Released |
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Martin Pitt (pitti) → nobody |
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti) |
milestone: | none → lucid-alpha-2 |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Invalid → New |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
milestone: | none → lucid-round-10 |
status: | New → Triaged |
summary: |
- Entering password in cmd line gives no visual feedback + Entering password in Terminal gives no visual feedback |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Triaged → Confirmed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
assignee: | nobody → Andrew (rugby471) |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Andrew (rugby471) → nobody |
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Won't Fix → Opinion |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Triaged → Opinion |
Agree, anything to reduce forum hits for new users.