[SOLVED] trying to get rid of username prompt when using sudo in terminal

HI-

If I do :

my terminal prompt here: sudo -i

I get: [sudo] password for: [username]

That is not cool if I am going to paste my terminal code.
How can i get rid of [username] when it prompts me for sudo password?

I like to print screens of terminal sometimes when fooling with g++
and other stuff that require command line screen prints.

thanks,
mtdew3q

Hi there,

Originally Posted by mtdew3q If I do : sudo -i I get: [sudo] password for: [username]

which is perfectly normal.

Originally Posted by mtdew3q That is not cool if I am going to paste my terminal code. How can i get rid of [username] when it prompts me for sudo password?

You can't. But if you're going to paste that anyway, you can edit the user name in any way you like.

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HI-

I found what I need. If I just use the -p switch for sudo as in the man page, I can supress my username. That is important because I don't want to broadcast my username to the world. I read an article about the advantages of using sudo to be root or having a separate root password. Then I saw the software hydra, and I figured it is time to obscure my username.

thanks,
mtdew3q

Hi -

in [.bashrc]
alias isudo='sudo -ip "enter password: "'
alias redux='sudo -p "enter password: " $(history -p !!)'
# redux repeats last regular command but this time using sudo
alias zsudo='sudo -p "enter password: " '
#usage = after typing alias zsudo [type command name] then password

http://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHu...remains_alias/

http://askubuntu.com/questions/22037...hen-using-sudo

With some help from searching, I now have some cool sudo aliases.

thanks,
mtdew3q