sudo help

[blackhole]

ok i install ubuntu 10.04...bt now when i try sudo apt-get install wine 4 window softwares it asks for passwrd...i enter passwrd but it doesnot appear...wht to do??????

 

[Faun]

what doesnt appear ? Do u see some matrix like content rick rolling, any damn activity in terminal. I guess try 'sudo make me a sandwich' next time.

 

[blackhole]

i couldnot understand what u say...help me pls...

i donot see *******

 

[XTerminator]

doesnt appear what? your typed password?

 

[blackhole]

yes u understand it well xterminater-09

 

[XTerminator]

dude i hope you knw the typed password normally is visible on in the form of asterisks (*)

 

[blackhole]

no its not xterminator-09 thats why i create this thread

 

[ico]

Just type your password and press enter. You won't see ******* when you type your password in the terminal.

 

[blackhole]

thanq fr ur valuable guidance ICO

 

[Faun]

yeah there r no visual cues when u enter password in terminal.

 

[celldweller1591]

Its a security feature. You never see any password being typed into the terminal. just type it correctly and go for the installation. Even i was bugged by it once

 

[Liverpool_fan]

In Unix, you won't see the asterisks, so as to prevent anyone guessing the length

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Most people don't have doubts with it because they don't look at screen while typing passwords.

 

[ico]

******* = *******

lol, I wrote a$$hole

 

[XTerminator]

a$$hole