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Can't write my password in Terminal
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In the terminal nothing shows up when you are typing a password. Just type your password as normal and press enter. If this isn't working then either you've got the wrong password or there's something else going on causing a problem. But in the terminal there won't be any dots or *'s replacing the letters in your password. Hope that helps.
Nothing like * og . replace them, its just that i can't type... When i press for example "A", nothing shows up...
When it asks for your password in terminal... DO NOT PRESS RETURN FIRST....
Enter your password and nothing will happen, nothing will show up, just have faith that you have entered it THEN hit return!
Enter your password and nothing will happen, nothing will show up, just have faith that you have entered it THEN hit return!
Type the right password and press enter.
FYI, if you don't know that, you should not be using terminal.
FYI, if you don't know that, you should not be using terminal.
That's what I was saying. When you type your password in the terminal it shouldn't show up. That's how it works in the terminal. Unlike most applications that replace the letters you've typed with some sort of symbol, the terminal just stays blank. When I first started using the terminal several years ago this confused me too, but you get used to it.
Be very careful though, if you don't know what you're doing it may be best to leave well enough alone because a stray rm * or something of that nature can do some serious damage to the system.