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password problem with terminal

Asked by legendata

Hi,

Why when terminal ask me for password I can't type anything??? Help plz!

thanks

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Andres Rodriguez (andreserl) said : 		#1

are you sure you can't type??
When it ask for your password, but wont appear anything there, I mean it wont show that you are able to type.

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Max Schukin (schukin) said : 		#2

Just go ahead and type your password even if you don't see a thing. When you enter your password in the terminal there's no visual feedback (no asterisks), but it's still accepting your password.

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legendata (legendata91) said : 		#3

i tried but it tells me : "Sorry, try again" . Im sure Im typing my pass correct, but it wont give me access :( any help?

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Best Manoj (salianmanoj007) said : 		#4

just type in your password in a text file to see its the same password

select the password and copy it.then paste it to the terminal

Hope this helps

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Max Schukin (schukin) said : 		#5

Check if you can login in tty (press CTRL+ALT+F1).
Press CTRL+ALT+F7 to switch back.

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legendata (legendata91) said : 		#6

10x I can use terminal now, but in tty still same problem as it was in terminal. however, I dont need tty at this stage ;]

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legendata (legendata91) said : 		#7

Thanks Manoj, that solved my question.

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ntthisstuff (tlpinkard1206) said : 		#8

I have the same problem as legendata had. When I tried the suggestion that Max wrote I found that I couldn't make it work there also. Being new to Linux I guess that I may have glazed over during a step loading the OS. How do I fix this?

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fikel (fikel) said : 		#9

Yeah, I'm havin the same problem as legendata and ntthisstuff.

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fikel (fikel) said : 		#10

Hi. Max Schukin's tip worked. Typed in my password, even though I couldn't see anything and my command worked. Thanks alot! :)