Ubuntu 26.04 breaks a sudo tradition older than most of its users

Name: Password feedback in sudo. Age: New, but it’s absence is over 40 years old. Appearance: ********. What’s this about? When you run a command in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS using sudo and enter your password, you now see asterisks appear as you type. Previously you’d see nothing but a gaping black void reflecting your own uncertainty back at you. I always wondered why sudo didn’t show asterisks… You and a lot of other people. Linux Mint enables password feedback by default since, y’know, feedback is useful (unless it’s why this strained article format is deathly unfunny). Not showing feedback is a behaviour that stretches back […]

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