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Talles L
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Displaying asterisks when typing your password

I hate how some distros (Ubuntu) hides the typical asterisks character when typing passwords. On one hand it's more secure, but on the other the lack of feedback when typing is just too annoying.

To change it, run:

$ sudo visudo
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On the open file, change from:

Defaults env_reset
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To:

Defaults env_reset,pwfeedback
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