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I'd like to know if there's a way to customize the sudo password request.

The default string is:

[sudo] password for USER:

Is there a way to change that to some other custom string, like:

Insert sudo password:

?

I want to clear this: I'm not asking how to change the password. I'm asking how to edit the terminal string that appears in the terminal when the system asks for the user password.

Thank you! :)

terminal password appearance

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  Have a look at the passprompt option in the SUDOERS OPTIONS section of man sudoers
  
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  Thank you. I found the solution by using an alias. :)
  
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  It may not matter, but the proposed password prompt is misleading. There is no such thing as a "sudo password". Why would you want to obfuscate the prompt?
  
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  That was just an example. :) I wanted to know how to change it for the main sake of (my personal) knowledge. But I must admit that I changed it to a simple padlock now: 🔒. I might play with that a bit. All in all, it's something that I'm doing in my personal computer that I only use. :)
  
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I'd like to know if there's a way to customize the sudo password request.

The default string is:

[sudo] password for USER:

Is there a way to change that to some other custom string, like:

Insert sudo password:

?

I want to clear this: I'm not asking how to change the password. I'm asking how to edit the terminal string that appears in the terminal when the system asks for the user password.

Thank you! :)

terminal password appearance

share|improve this question

asked 2 days ago

Jimmy SciontiJimmy Scionti

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  Have a look at the passprompt option in the SUDOERS OPTIONS section of man sudoers
  
  – steeldriver
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thank you. I found the solution by using an alias. :)
  
  – Jimmy Scionti
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It may not matter, but the proposed password prompt is misleading. There is no such thing as a "sudo password". Why would you want to obfuscate the prompt?
  
  – Kusalananda♦
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That was just an example. :) I wanted to know how to change it for the main sake of (my personal) knowledge. But I must admit that I changed it to a simple padlock now: 🔒. I might play with that a bit. All in all, it's something that I'm doing in my personal computer that I only use. :)
  
  – Jimmy Scionti
  yesterday
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I'd like to know if there's a way to customize the sudo password request.

The default string is:

[sudo] password for USER:

Is there a way to change that to some other custom string, like:

Insert sudo password:

?

I want to clear this: I'm not asking how to change the password. I'm asking how to edit the terminal string that appears in the terminal when the system asks for the user password.

Thank you! :)

terminal password appearance

share|improve this question

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Jimmy SciontiJimmy Scionti

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[sudo] password for USER:

Insert sudo password:

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You can do this like in the following example:

sudo -p 'Insert sudo password: ' echo "Hello World!"

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  Thank you! I got what I was looking for by adding an alias like "alias sudo='sudo --prompt="Enter password: "' to my .bashrc file. :)
  
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You can do this like in the following example:

sudo -p 'Insert sudo password: ' echo "Hello World!"

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answered 2 days ago

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  Thank you! I got what I was looking for by adding an alias like "alias sudo='sudo --prompt="Enter password: "' to my .bashrc file. :)
  
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You can do this like in the following example:

sudo -p 'Insert sudo password: ' echo "Hello World!"

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answered 2 days ago

thinkingeyethinkingeye

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  Thank you! I got what I was looking for by adding an alias like "alias sudo='sudo --prompt="Enter password: "' to my .bashrc file. :)
  
  – Jimmy Scionti
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  

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You can do this like in the following example:

sudo -p 'Insert sudo password: ' echo "Hello World!"

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answered 2 days ago

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sudo -p 'Insert sudo password: ' echo "Hello World!"

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answered 2 days ago

thinkingeyethinkingeye

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answered 2 days ago

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answered 2 days ago

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