Comment 86 for bug 194472

This bug is about coherence.

The advocates for the change say that desktop applications give password feedback, so sudo should do as well. I advocate against the change for the same reason: server applications don't give password feedback, so sudo should not as well.

The correct way to fix this is *not* by screwing off one population to help the other. The correct way to fix this is to have different prompts for desktop and server users, based on availability of a DISPLAY. This is already done for login, SSH passphrases. In Maverick I noticed that my gpg-password-protected files now also trigger a modal visual password prompt window. sudo should do the same. It's certainly a more complex ride, but it's the right way.