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sudo pass word not entering

Asked by darlek5000

Binary package hint: sudo

i tryed to enter my admin pass when using a sudo command in terminal and when i type in my pass nothing happens it dosent take it dosent even come up with the stars its like my entre keyboard except the enter key is frozen. my ubuntu version is 9.10

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This question was originally filed as bug #498266.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) said : 		#1

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Soul-Sing (soulzing) said : 		#2

you dont see the pass when typing, not even "stars"....thats ok!

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darlek5000 (richie-5000) said : 		#3

it still doesent work because when i type it in and hit enter it doesent take it

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> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:08:34 +0000
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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

Asuming user is in admin group.
CLI:
groups

Example output:
adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare

Password recovery:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/47743
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/11873
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/62
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

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