ssh and remote sudo not hiding password

[Colin Law]

2009/11/6 Matt Brown <mbrown7776 at gmail.com>:
> Found this on commandlinefu.com
>
> stty -echo; ssh HOSTNAME "sudo some_command"; stty echo
>
> See if it does what you need.
>

Yes, that does work, and thanks for pointing out a useful website I
was unaware of.  Marc Deslauriers has pointed me to a even better
solution (see later email).

Colin