diff --git a/channel/base.go b/channel/base.go
index 3a10973..6d9e252 100644
--- a/channel/base.go
+++ b/channel/base.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ const (
 	passphraseSeenMax = 2
 	// MaxTimeout maximum allowable timeout value -- one day.
 	MaxTimeout = 86_400
+
+	redactedLog = "REDACTED"
 )
 
 // Channel struct representing the channel object.
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ type channelResult struct {
 func (c *Channel) Write(channelInput []byte, redacted bool) error {
 	logOutput := string(channelInput)
 	if redacted {
-		logOutput = "REDACTED"
+		logOutput = redactedLog
 	}
 
 	logging.LogDebug(c.FormatLogMessage("write", fmt.Sprintf("write: %s", logOutput)))
diff --git a/channel/sendinteractive.go b/channel/sendinteractive.go
index e55e6f0..37bcd4e 100644
--- a/channel/sendinteractive.go
+++ b/channel/sendinteractive.go
@@ -38,12 +38,17 @@ func (c *Channel) sendInteractive(
 
 		hideInput := event.HideInput
 
+		logChannelInput := string(channelInput)
+		if hideInput {
+			logChannelInput = redactedLog
+		}
+
 		logging.LogDebug(
 			c.FormatLogMessage(
 				"info",
 				fmt.Sprintf(
 					"\"sending interactive input: %s; expecting: %s; hidden input: %v",
-					channelInput,
+					logChannelInput,
 					channelResponse,
 					hideInput,
 				),
diff --git a/driver/network/privilege.go b/driver/network/privilege.go
index c3bde6e..acea36c 100644
--- a/driver/network/privilege.go
+++ b/driver/network/privilege.go
@@ -58,7 +58,16 @@ func (d *Driver) escalate(escalatePriv string) error {
 				HideInput:       true,
 			},
 		}
-		_, err = d.Channel.SendInteractive(events, []string{d.PrivilegeLevels[escalatePriv].Pattern}, -1)
+		_, err = d.Channel.SendInteractive(
+			events,
+			[]string{
+				// check for the current (previous priv) and escalate (desired priv) patterns,
+				// either would indicate we are "good to go".
+				d.PrivilegeLevels[d.PrivilegeLevels[escalatePriv].PreviousPriv].Pattern,
+				d.PrivilegeLevels[escalatePriv].Pattern,
+			},
+			-1,
+		)
 	}
 
 	return err
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e7682a9..b2ba243 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
 	github.com/sirikothe/gotextfsm v1.0.1-0.20200816110946-6aa2cfd355e4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220503163025-988cb79eb6c6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 87677ab..61b1644 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ github.com/sirikothe/gotextfsm v1.0.1-0.20200816110946-6aa2cfd355e4/go.mod h1:CJ
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b h1:7mWr3k41Qtv8XlltBkDkl8LoP3mpSgBW8BUoxtEdbXg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68 h1:nxC68pudNYkKU6jWhgrqdreuFiOQWj1Fs7T3VrH4Pjw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220503163025-988cb79eb6c6 h1:nonptSpoQ4vQjyraW20DXPAglgQfVnM9ZC6MmNLMR60=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220503163025-988cb79eb6c6/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1 h1:v+OssWQX+hTHEmOBgwxdZxK4zHq3yOs8F9J7mk0PY8E=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=