The trick is to edit one small piece of your
visudo
file in a terminal editor. I don't have a KDE installation here, but I can verify that this works in Cinnamon & XFCE. Should also work in Mate, since it's also Gnome-based. 1. In a terminal, make a safety copy of your
sudoers
file
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sudo cp /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.bak
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sudo visudo
Defaults env_reset
4. Append
pwfeedback
to that line - - it should now look like this: Defaults env_reset,pwfeedback
5. Press
Ctrl+o
, then Enter
, then Ctrl+x
. (Write the file, and exit the program)6. Now run the following command in your terminal for the changes to start working:
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reset
*******
appear when you type your password in a terminal.
NOTE: The *******
will vanish once the command actually executes. But it is useful to know exactly how many characters you've typed, or to reassure newbies that yes, their keyboard is actually still working.