Please note that sudo does not show any response when you enter your password (no characters, no asterisk signs etc.)! So in most cases when a person thinks that sudo does not let you write a password in reality it works as designed.
Can you try the commmand id and the command sudo id you should see a difference. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697180 Title: when I try to use a "sudo" command, terminal requests a password but it won't let me write anything -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs