sudo is designed not to echo the password (or asterisks or anything else in its place) as you type. If you type in your user password and press return it should allow you to execute the desired command as root.
This solved the problem, thanks. -- sudo password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
