Re: password visibility for encfs in eshell

[Michael Eliachevitch]

Changing the eshell-password-prompt-regexp to

"[Pp]ass\(wor[dt]\|phrase\).*:\s *\'"

worked, just changed the "d" to "[dt]". Thanks.



On 30.01.2014 11:28, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
>>> visible in the buffer. Not sure if this is a bug or just a
>>> not-yet-implemented feature, that's why I thought I would ask here first
>>
>> That would be a bug in Eshell.
> 
> Eshell uses the `eshell-watch-for-password-prompt' filter, which uses
> `eshell-password-prompt-regexp' for password prompt detection.
> 
> This variable has been changed recently to be derived from
> `password-word-equivalents'; chances are good that in Emacs 24.4 it
> works out of the box.
> 
> However, it might be useful to see an example eshell session which
> doesn't hide the password, in order to check. The example should be
> faked with ****** as password, of course :-)
> 
> Which Emacs version are you using, btw?
> 
> Best regards, Michael.
>