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entering password impossible/ passwoord kan niet worden ingegeven

Asked by Ranger9435

na/after sudo mkdir /media/Windows:
[sudo] password for robert :

when asked for password, the prompt doesn't move, entering password is impossible
ik kan geen paswoord ingeven, de prompt blijft geblokkeerd ter plaatse

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Ranger9435 (george-ahearn-gmail) said : 		#1

Please help

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Simon Déziel (sdeziel) said : 		#2

You have to change the variable PS1. This variable is defined in ~/.bashrc.

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Ranger01 (george-ahearn) said : 		#3

In ~/.bashrc the variable PS1 does not contain the current command prompt.
Rather it contains: PS1='${debian_chroot.......

2009/10/16 Simon Déziel <email address hidden>

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> You have to change the variable PS1. This variable is defined in
> ~/.bashrc.
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Best wojox (wojox) said : 		#4

Add this to the end of the file in .bashrc in home directory:

PS1="\u@\h:\w/ > "

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Ranger9435 (george-ahearn-gmail) said : 		#5

Thanks wojox, that solved my question.