Assuming my login password is the one being referred, I cannot type that, or in fact, anything when password is requested. I read through the answer to an earlier question on this problem and tried what was suggested. I even typed my password on a separate document, copied and then pasted it into terminal; nothing.
I understand that a password may not display when typed, but one assumes that when you press 'enter' all will be well. All I get is - 'Sorry, try again'!!!!!
Do I need a special password for terminal? If so, where do I register it?
P.S. I am fully able to type in the command line. So data entry doesn't seem to be the problem, from a keyboard point of view.
Sorry guys, new to Ubuntu and not very clued up on programming. Willing to learn, though.
sudo -v
Ctrl-Shift-V
?echo "password" | sudo -S whoami
and add the output to your question. Does that work? Does it printroot
? Make sure thatpassword
is your actual password.