Terminal

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Mon Apr 3 00:34:55 UTC 2006


On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 15:51:18 -0800
"Ryan Jones" <recyclingryan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I entered a command but now it is asking for a password and i can't type,
> help!
> 
When you type your password (your user password in Ubuntu), it doesn't
echo to the terminal, for security reasons (someone looking over your
shoulder for example). Thus you see no output from your typing. It still
gets there though :)

So if that's the problem, just type it and hit enter...

Peter

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