ssh and remote sudo not hiding password

Fri Nov 6 22:38:31 UTC 2009

On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 21:46 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> When I run the script it works as expected and shuts down the remote
> machine, but when it prompts me for the password (for the sudo
> shutdown), the password I type is not hidden but is visible on screen,
> which is not good.  I am sure there is a way round this but I have not
> managed to find it.  Any help will be much appreciated.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#SSH

Marc.