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		leni536 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Password... sudo is not the only thing that prompts for password in the terminal. There is at least passwd and ssh. I value ctrl+U a lot more for password prompts than the visual feedback, it's even used by GUI on Linux.

timhh 31 days ago [–]

Yeah I would like to fix those too but sudo is the one I encounter most. Also the existence of sudo-rs meant there was less push-back. I seriously doubt the maintainers of openssh or passwd would accept this change.

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