Provide help text in password prompts for createsuperuser and changepassword commands

[Ketan Sahu]

When running python manage.py createsuperuser, the password prompt currently shows:

Password:

Nothing is printed while typing (for security), but many beginners might think the terminal has frozen or the command isn’t working, since there’s no hint that the input is hidden.

Suggestion:
Update the password prompt in the createsuperuser management command to something clearer, like:

Password (input hidden):

or

Password:  [input hidden]

Benefit:

• Makes clear that password input is working as intended, which is especially helpful for new users or beginners.
• Prevents confusion that the terminal/command has frozen.
• Brings Django’s CLI user experience in line with user-friendly conventions.

Contributor note:
I am ready to work on this improvement and would be happy to submit a pull request if this feature is approved or assigned to me.

Thank you for considering this suggestion!

[Jacob Walls]

Accepting based on positive reception on the ​forum.

I'd like to reframe this to simply provide keyboard feedback via the echo_char="*" argument on Python 3.14+. I'll cross-post on the forum.

We should address changepassword at the same time (that is, both commands calling getpass()) as mentioned on forum.

Thanks for offering a PR.

[Ketan Sahu]

Patch submitted via GitHub PR:
​https://github.com/django/django/pull/20876#pullrequestreview-3912341691

[Jacob Walls]

As Natalia helpfully pointed out on the forum, echo_char will break CTRL+U, so we're going to need to fall back to the next least objectionable option discussed on the forum, which was to just provide some help text.