Why can't I see my password in the Putty terminal?

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When I enter my password characters, none of them show up in Putty as I enter them.

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I had this problem during the early stages of getting familiar with Putty. Apparently, this is a security feature of Putty, the characters that you are entering are working, but you can’t see them as you enter them. Putty does not show your password at all so that individuals cannot know how long your password is.

Type your password in normally and click enter, it should work.

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All terminal-based SSH sessions will not echo the password, not just Putty.

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Good to know :+1: