I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed on my machine and a while back something strange happened. All of a sudden I started getting password visual feedback (*) when entering the password for commands run with sudo.

I've checked the /etc/sudoers file and there is no pwfeedback entry for the defaults.

How can I determine why visual feedback is enabled and from where?

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Check into /etc/sudoers and /etc/sudoers.tmp and /etc/sudoers.d.

Make sure the line

Defaults pwfeedback

is deleted.

If it is along like this

Defaults env_reset,pwfeedback

change it into

Defaults env_reset

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