I'm pretty sure this is expected behavior. Is this bug suggesting that the password in this scenario should echo asterisks or something back to the user with each character?
Applications often do this intentionally so that someone looking over your shoulder has no clues as to the size of your password. -- sudo's password problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
