Hi Eli   The complete recipe is:   In Win7/64: Start/run/cmd   In the cmd box I enter: emacs -Q In Emacs 24.4.1: M-x sql-oracle User: Password: Database: The *SQL* buffer looks like: SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Thu Apr 9 23:07:25 2015 Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Express Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production SQL> host Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits r serv s. exit c:\Users\jean-louis\AppData\Roaming>exit SQL> The problem is that after I enter the "host" command the prompt doesn't display, only after I hit the key   I could reproduce the behavior on 2 Win7/64 bits environments, whether calling Emacs with either "runemacs" or "emacs -Q".   Regards Jean-Louis     > Message du 09/04/15 21:56 > De : "Eli Zaretskii" > A : j-l.abraham@orange.fr > Copie à : 20288@debbugs.gnu.org > Objet : Re: bug#20288: 24.4; password management in sql-oracle > > > Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:51:01 +0300 > > From: Eli Zaretskii > > Cc: 20288@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > > From: j-l.abraham@orange.fr > > > Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:36:02 +0200 > > > > > > > > > ============================================= > > > Following issue in "sql-oracle" appeared with Emacs 24.4.1 on Windows. No problems with 24.3.1 on Windows. > > > Once connected to oracle, while changing user with the "connect" command, the word "password" is missing and the password is displayed as clear text! > > > > > > SQL> connect devel@xe > > > my_entered_password_is_clear_text! > > > > > > expected behavior: > > > SQL> connect devel@xe > > > password displayed as dots in the echo area > > > ============================================= > > > > I cannot reproduce the problem you report. I see the expected > > behavior. > > Actually, it's quite possible that I didn't perform the same steps as > you. Please provide a complete recipe starting from "emacs -Q" that > could be used to reproduce the problem. For example, I'm sure that > "once connected to oracle" requires some commands to be type, please > show them. >