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Posted by frontend
frontend
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git password on workspaces??

I opened up the workspace console and typed:

sudo apt-get install git

it returned 

[sudo] password for treehouse:

what is the password its asking to use? it is not the password i use to log into the site. is there a default password they are asking for? i'm confused.

2 Answers

Dan Whiting
Dan Whiting
12,661 Points
Dan Whiting
Dan Whiting
12,661 Points

If you're using the Workspace associated with the Git Basics course, the password is usually "mike the frog".

Jaime Rios
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Jaime Rios
Courses Plus Student 21,100 Points
Jaime Rios
Jaime Rios
Courses Plus Student 21,100 Points

The terminal works, assuming that you are in your local computer, with in Linux must have a password. SUDO gives you as the super user, the power to modify, view and edit every file in the computer.

In this case, you are running a virtual machine within Treehouse servers, that's why you don't have/need that particular password.