Ubuntu 26.04 will show asterisks when you type your sudo password, as Canonical adds a patch to its Rust-based sudo-rs.
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How To Manage User Passwords in Linux
Passwords are one of the most important aspects of computing. They keep our bank accounts, user profiles and computers safe (as long as we don’t reuse passwords). Just to log into our computers, most ...
The Rust implementation sudo-rs now shows asterisks by default when typing passwords. A break with long Unix tradition.
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