ssh and remote sudo not hiding password

[Siggy Brentrup]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 21:46 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> I can shut down a remote machine by connecting via ssh then shutting it down
> ssh ip_address
> <logon messages>
> sudo shutdown -h now
> password: (entered pwd not visible)

Did you ry the -t flag to ssh like this:

% ssh -t REMOTE sudo echo murx
[sudo] password for bsb: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for bsb: 
murx
Connection to REMOTE closed.
%

Sorry that I don't shutdown that machine ;)  And yes, I'm always using
ssh keys.

HTH
  Siggy