Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012, 14:24:30 schrieb Glenn Morris:
> > But I tend to use sudo quite a bit, and when I am promptd for my
> > password, shell-mode echoes it verbatim to the buffer instead of hiding
> > it as start or similar.
> 
> It's supposed to be hidden, and it is for me in `emacs -Q -f shell' in 24.1.
> Please tell us exactly what your sudo prompt looks like.
> Mine is:
> 
>     [sudo] password for gm:

Mine looks like this:

arne@fluss /mnt/eis/backups $ sudo test
Passwort: test

(using emacs -Q -f shell)

GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-09-02 on 
fluss

Best wishes,
Arne