Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 17:01:32 +0930 (CST) From: "Wilkinson,Alex" <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> To: buga@auug.org.au Subject: sudo && rsh question Message-ID: <20030509164859.I41849@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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I have a slight problem with running sudo over an rsh connection. If I rsh to a box and pass to it the sudo command my password gets echo'ed to stdout. eg # rsh host sudo ls / Password:thepassword It seems that this is a terminal handling problem. If I run: # rsh host xterm -e sudo ls / an exterm starts up and I can type my password in without it being echo'ed to stdout. The xterm then sits in the background. I have tryed using subshells and couldn't suss it out. Can anyone recommend a way so that the terminal does *not* echo my password when sudo prompts for it. Thanks - aW
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