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05-13-2014, 01:58 PM
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Registered: Jun 2013
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Distribution: Linux Mint 18.3 Tricia
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linux mint not allowing password on terminal
linux mint15 not allowing password on terminal
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05-13-2014, 02:22 PM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Oakland,Ca
Distribution: wins7, Debian wheezy
Posts: 6,841
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15 is unsupported may as well backup & reinstall.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint
You can however google reset root password & upgrade to 16
Last edited by EDDY1; 05-13-2014 at 02:24 PM.
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05-13-2014, 04:01 PM
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Registered: Dec 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by purple52
linux mint15 not allowing password on terminal
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this is nowhere near enough information to help us solve your problem. |
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05-13-2014, 04:10 PM
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Registered: Jun 2013
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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Originally Posted by ondoho
this is nowhere near enough information to help us solve your problem.
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What information is needed? |
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05-13-2014, 04:16 PM
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Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Oakland,Ca
Distribution: wins7, Debian wheezy
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What are your intentions, just access, upgrade or something else? http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-recove...gle-user-mode/
Last edited by EDDY1; 05-13-2014 at 04:18 PM.
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05-13-2014, 04:24 PM
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Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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Originally Posted by EDDY1
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when I enter a command then when I try enter my password it doesnt move the cursor or letting me enter the password |
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05-13-2014, 05:21 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Abingdon, VA
Distribution: Catalina
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Quote:
Originally Posted by purple52
when I enter a command then when I try enter my password it doesnt move the cursor or letting me enter the password
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What command exactly is that? |
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05-13-2014, 05:26 PM
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LQ Sage
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
Distribution: Gentoo ~amd64
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Linux/Unix passwords are not echoed back to the terminal, it is normal that you do not see anything, just type your password and hit CR.
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05-13-2014, 05:42 PM
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Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Oakland,Ca
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Is your mouse in your desktop working? If so I would try another keyboard then.
Last edited by EDDY1; 05-13-2014 at 05:46 PM.
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05-13-2014, 07:29 PM
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Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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Originally Posted by Habitual
What command exactly is that?
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The commands vary,like I want to install a new program that isn't a .deb |
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05-13-2014, 11:48 PM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2013
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well, what would one of those varying commands be...
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05-14-2014, 07:17 AM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2013
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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Originally Posted by ondoho
well, what would one of those varying commands be...
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It's working now becouse I forgot to put "sudo"
in the command line!! My bad, thank you all for help. |
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05-14-2014, 07:39 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Florida
Distribution: CentOS/Fedora/Pop!_OS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by purple52
when I enter a command then when I try enter my password it doesnt move the cursor or letting me enter the password
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that is exactly what it is supposed to do. this is called security. by default the p/w is hidden so others watching cannot see how long your p/w is. this is not Microsoft. you are ok. just type in your p/w and hit enter. everything is as it should be. |
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