A simple problem at terminal!!!u go mad wen u get this problem : (

[srikar]

i login by entering password succesfully at the start of loading of os. .

But wen i try to enter password in the terminal(especially wen doin sudo commands) it doesnt get entered(the cursor doestnt move).

wen o type password in the terminal nothing gets displayed(i mean cursor remain there itself without accepting the password).

so i thought there was some problem and changed the password ...still i am facing same problem and also i reinstalled kubuntu(as i am a newbie).....still i am facing similar problem...............................plzz help friends.....wat 2 do ?

[dibl]

Re: A simple problem at terminal!!!u go mad wen u get this problem : (

There is no visual on the screen when entering your password in the terminal. Just enter it and press "Enter".

[srikar]

Re: A simple problem at terminal!!!u go mad wen u get this problem : (

even i had tried that ....it says wrong password

[dibl]

Re: A simple problem at terminal!!!u go mad wen u get this problem : (

Uh-Oh -- that's not a good thing! :P

Were you successfully logged in, as user, when you changed your password? Why did you think you needed to change your password? Did you use the

passwd

command?

[srikar]

Re: A simple problem at terminal!!!u go mad wen u get this problem : (

yes i got succesfully logged in....i dint use that command. still i am not able to see my password wen i type in the command .....

[GS2]

Re: A simple problem at terminal!!!u go mad wen u get this problem : (

Are your groups setup correctly - you have to be in the admin group to use the sudo command successfully.

The GUI way:
K-Menu>>System Settings>>User Management

Check your own user is part of the 'admin' group - without that you cannot use sudo.

(That is taking into account you have this line in /etc/sudoers]

sudo cat /etc/sudoers

<<edited>>>
# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudoers.html#files

You can edit the sudoers file either as root (or using sudo) with the following command:
visudo

This is the only way to manually edit sudoers, if you have no knowledge of the text editor vi 'man vi' should help