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  1. Bug #194472
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 194472

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 194472] Re: Please enhance the sudo explanation message

Matthew Paul Thomas [2008-03-14 3:36 -0000]:
> Instead of trying to explain the problem, why not fix it, by getting
> sudo to show asterisks as you type your password?

sudo is a pretty paranoid program, so it doesn't expose the length of
the password by showing asterisks.