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Ubuntu terminal, problem.

Asked by Paul Meeks

The terminal in Ubuntu on 14.04 lts has a fault: When I use sudo and a command, it will ask for my pswd. (But) it will not let me type ? and in the help docs, nothing seems to be accurate. Is there any bugs on this that you all know, is there a fix ? Because I need this (Terminal to do work.) Help the fool ;)

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#1

For security reasons...imagine somebody was looking over your shoulder...the Terminal does not show your password when you type it.

Just type your password and hit Enter/Return

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Paul Meeks (paulmeeks2004) said : 		#2

Really :( I did not know this/ Not! I had to uninstall it and reinstall
it... Thanks 4 nothing pal!

*Paul*

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:31 AM, arochester <
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> For security reasons...imagine somebody was looking over your
> shoulder...the Terminal does not show your password when you type it.
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> Just type your password and hit Enter/Return
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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You can use gksudo if you want a GUI version. It works with terminal applications too. It will give feedback. Sudo (as stated) does not give any feedback as you type.

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Paul Meeks (paulmeeks2004) said : 		#4

Thanks! it just installed wrong I'm guessing... I uninstalled it then went and reinstalled it, All's good again.