Use of sudo in terminal without explanation on password

Bug #546299 reported by gsmx
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Manual
Fix Released
Low
Benjamin Humphrey

Bug Description

On page 94, the first use of the 'sudo' command is shown. But in contrast to all the other places where sudo is mentioned in the manual, this particular part does not say that you won't see your password while you are typing (as a sidenote).

Downloaded version: March 24
revision: 561

Changed in ubuntu-manual:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → JaminDay (jaminday)
milestone: none → beta-release
Revision history for this message
Benjamin Humphrey (humphreybc) wrote :

Added a margin note that explains sudo and that when using it in a terminal your password is not shown.

Changed in ubuntu-manual:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
assignee: JaminDay (jaminday) → Benjamin Humphrey (humphreybc)
Changed in ubuntu-manual:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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