Comment 0 for bug 194472

Binary package hint: sudo

Until a user entered his first "sudo" command he sees these lines every time he opens a terminal

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To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

foo@bar:~$
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After the first sudo command ~/.sudo_as_admin_successful is created and terminal starts with a simple prompt.

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 ;)