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How can I create a sudo password?

Asked by Asoka Dissanayake

I cannot run any commands in Terminal as it asks for a password. My user password is not accepted. I would prefer not to have a password for running commands in Terminal.

I use Ubuntu 11.04.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

When you type a password into terminal, any screen chars are showed, so please type your user password then press enter.

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#2

* marcobra means, "NO characters are displayed on Terminal if your input your password.". Just input your password and press Enter key when done*

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PioneerAxon (arth-svnit) said : 		#3

If you want to run commands without sudo at the beginning, just open "root terminal".
This will ask password in gui mode which will show you "*" for each character entered as password(normal password behavior).

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

The password is your logon password, no feedback is given to hide length. If you want feedback you can use:

gksudo command

(for KDE use: kdesu command)

and there will be a pretty box you can type in but it's a bit overkill. Just type the password and hit enter, it will work.

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Asoka Dissanayake (adsinky) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Asoka Dissanayake (adsinky) said : 		#6

With getting more and more familiar with using the Terminal (now in 12.04), this now appears to be a very minor issue.