How To: Make Ubuntu Show Asterisks When Typing Password

shoulder-surfing won’t be able to see the number of characters in your password. This is how to get some feedback when you enter your password in the terminal.

[code]sudo nano /etc/sudoers[/code]

Enter your password and hit enter, of course. (This will be the last time you enter your password in the terminal without some sort of visual feedback!)

Now it gets a little tricky. 

Use the down arrow until your at the start of the line that says:

[code]Defaults            mail_badpass[/code]

Press the ENTER button. This should move that line down and leave a blank line above it. Use the arrow button to move up to that blank line and enter:

[code]Defaults[/code]

Then press the TAB button on your keyboard. This will move the cursor to the right location. Add this text:

[code]pwfeedback[/code]

The entire line should look something like:

[code]Defaults            pwfeedback[/code]

Press CTRL + X, then Y, and then ENTER.

[code]sudo apt update[/code]