From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Wu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Can see root password when su using M-x Shell Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 11:18:19 +0800 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <86headb538.fsf@vanilla.bsd> Reply-To: Peter Wu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047180049 26014 80.91.224.249 (9 Mar 2003 03:20:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 03:20:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 09 04:20:47 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18rrMl-0006lR-00 for ; Sun, 09 Mar 2003 04:20:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18rrMZ-0003VU-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2003 22:20:35 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!61.170.156.186!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 9 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.170.156.186 Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1047179902 66156449 61.170.156.186 (16 [117651]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.2 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Qyk68veyBwuXzelE6L8h7lG36U0= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110924 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7425 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7425 If I M-x shell to go to Shell mode, the password is just displayed on the screen when I su to root. Is there any way to make the password invisible when I type it? -- Peter Wu Powered by FreeBSD 4.8-RC This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.