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Re: Passwd asterisk in shell mode


From: b3
Subject: Re: Passwd asterisk in shell mode
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 00:00:47 -0500
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On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:21:13AM +0000, 52jy@pchome.com.tw wrote:
> Hi guys 
>   I have a big problem, when I su in "shell mode", emacs will directly show 
> my passwd in monitor; therefore, could someone help me to let it show
> asterisk whenever I enter passwd.

Woo!  One I can actually answer!

Paraphrased from page 124 of "Learning GNU Emacs" (O'Reilly, 2nd edition):

ESC x send-invisible [return] (your passwd) [return]

- or -

(add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions
           'comint-watch-for-password-prompt)

should do what you want =)

-b3



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