I need to change the local hosts and I'm using the sudo command. However, I'm unable to type my password when I'm asked to do so. I start typing and nothing comes out on the screen.Â
*ADDITIONAL INFO - I'm using Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) on MacBook Pro.
I'm trying to do something in terminal, and it asks for my password. I press a letter on my keyboard, and nothing appears. I am in the right window and everything, terminal just doesn't react to my typing. However, when I click enter, it says 'Sorry,try again'. So it does react to the enter key.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8), i5 2.5, 4GB, 500GB, Nvidia 330m 256
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