bug#17839: 24.4.50; read-passwd echoes password input in non-interactive sessions

[Andreas Schwab]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> An example where cleartext passwords are annoying me for a while is
> running the test suite. Use another remote host for Tramp tests, like
> this:
>
> # env REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY=/sudo::/tmp make check

So use a method that does not need to ask for a password.  Both sudo and
ssh can be configured like this.

Andreas.

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