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  1. Bug #56755
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Comment 1 for bug 56755

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In , Eric Lammerts (eric-lammerts) wrote : Re: sudo: Password shown on terminal when used with SSH

> When sudo is used in conjunction with an SSH command, the password
> entered into sudo is not hidden, but shown in plaintext on the terminal.

This is done by ssh, not sudo. You need to use ssh's -t option. In that
case, sudo can tell ssh to disable echoing of the input.

Eric