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[Bob Jonkman]

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That's working as designed. By not showing anything on the screen as
you type the password imporant "sidechannel" information about your
password is kept hidden, such as the password length.

So, just type the password, and press enter.  You should be logged in
just fine.

- --Bob.


On 19/10/14 02:51 PM, Raymond House wrote:
> Something unusual is happening with my daughter's laptop, when I
> try to use the terminal I cant type in the password,no password
> letters show but the password works fine with all the other
> functions requiering it.It's a ubuntu 14.04 machine. any ideas?
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
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