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Please help to confirm whether this is normal behavior.

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Please help to confirm whether this is normal behavior.

"when I key in the password under TTY mode, it will not show Asterisk and word."

Many thanks.
Robin

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Yes, for security reasons (assume there might be someone looking over your shoulders) there is no feedback on the screen when you type in the password on tty logins or sudo command (no echo, not even '*' placehoders).

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r3n (robin-hx-wang) said : 		#2

Dear Manfred,

Thanks for your confirm.

Robin.

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r3n (robin-hx-wang) said : 		#3

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.