How can I CTRL^C out of a password prompt?

handyman_hank

Say I started a su command, and I want to cancel it. Control + C doesn't work for su like it does for sudo ... I have to finish the prompt (either by getting the password wrong enough times or by getting it right). Is there something that I can type to kill a password prompt?

Originally asked by Questionmark on Stack Exchange (unix) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

You can CTRL-D su 's prompt. This shortcut signals an end-of-file on the console, quitting the prompt; the console will display Authentication error , which is expectable.

Full answer by joH1: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/266943 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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