How to make password entry in the terminal visible

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Each time when you use sudo, the terminal asks you to enter the user password.

This is a great security measure! But the terminal does not offer any visual feedback when entering the password. This is often confusing. Adding such a relationship is quite simple, as a result of which we will see “an asterisk” when entering.

Open the terminal (often by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T) and enter:

# sudo vi / etc / sudoers

Find the line:

# Defaults env_reset

and replace it with:

# Defaults env_reset,pwfeedback

Save our file through: wq! (for program vi)

And now, you see this result when you type:

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