ssh and remote sudo not hiding password

[Colin Law]

2009/11/6 Siggy Brentrup <bsb at xlab.net>:
> 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:

Yes, you must have missed an earlier reply, that worked perfectly for me, thanks

Colin

>
> % 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
>
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