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Corrected copy and pasted info Nov. 17th. If written quickly after a failed attempt xfce4-terminal shows password visibly in actual characters and accepts the password. Example (the word "pass" is the password): brett@BrettPC:~$ sudo su [sudo] password for brett: pass Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for brett: root@BrettPC:/home/brett# To clarify I did not enter a password the second time it sad "[sudo] password for brett:" it simply accepted the one shown visibly. ** Affects: xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Andrew Donald (senoir-cielo) Status: New -- xfce4-terminal shows password visibly in clear between attempts and accepts (updated Nov. 17th) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641259 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs