Root password???
Jenda Vancura
jendavancura at gmail.com
Sat Apr 8 06:08:08 UTC 2006
CameronCalver wrote:
>when i want to run something as root i normally type my root password
>but for some reason when it says Password: i cant type anything does
>any1 no where im going wrong
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1) If you used sudo, it is your user password that you need.
2) You can type it, don't worry, it just doesn't show - just try typing
it and pressing enter. This 'security' feature is sooo confusing for so
many new users. I don't understand why they keep it in there.
Jenda
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