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since upgrading to 11.10 cannot log on as sudo i don't see my password

Asked by John Wilson on 2011-10-15

Since upgrading to 11.10 my sudo password does not work when I am in a terminal
Any suggestions?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-10-15:

If you run:

whoami; groups

Thanks

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said on 2011-10-15:

Here is the output:
john@john-775Dual-880Pro:~$ whoami; groups
john
john adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare

Thanks
John

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-10-15:

Cool. Ok if you run:

sudo -i

Do you get a root console. When you enter your password you will not get any feedback. Type the password and hit ENTER

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said on 2011-10-15:

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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