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Development Tools Console Foundations Users and Permissions Sudo

YI JIANG
YI JIANG
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Posted by YI JIANG
YI JIANG
3,424 Points

what the passcode?

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1 Answer

lambda
lambda
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lambda
lambda
12,556 Points

When you type in the password after a "sudo" command, the terminal doesn't show the password or * (asterisk characters) back to the users. This is for security reasons.

If you have a Linux or OSX machine and you have "sudo" permissions/access then you will know which password to use. If you don't have "sudo" access then it doesn't matter what the password is.