password echoes on `ssh $host passwd`

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Wed Aug 18 05:10:11 EST 2004


That is because the passwd command has no way to turn off echo
w/o access to a tty.  If you run "ssh -t command" the sshd on the
other end will allocate a tty and thing will act as you expect.

 - todd




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