I need help!

agentomega82 · 03-23-2014, 05:00 PM

I have installed Fedora15 on VMware player. I am trying to access my superuser account with the su command. The terminal gives me the option to type in my root password,but when i try to type it in, nothing shows up. What am I doing wrong?

bigrigdriver · 03-23-2014, 05:13 PM

You're not doing anything wrong. It's normal behavior when typing in ones password for su that it doesn't show in the terminal.

TobiSGD · 03-23-2014, 05:56 PM

Any reason to use such an ancient version of Fedora? Fedora 15 is obsolote and totally unsupported, you should switch to a newer and supported version.

John VV · 03-23-2014, 07:06 PM

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The terminal gives me the option to type in my root password,but when i try to type it in, nothing shows up. What am I doing wrong?

ALL passwords are "hidden"

as you type it in
it WILL NOT DISPLAY IT
this is for your security

also Fedora15 is 5 versions and 2 YEARS out of date
it when End Of Life back in June of 2012

Warning:
DO NOT USE FEDORA 15 !!!
IT IS UNSUPPORTED !!!!