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Elgene Ee
3,554 PointsNo password shown...Anyone can help me?
So, I enter --> git push -u origin master When the workspace prompted me to enter username and password, username is fine to me, but when the password shows up, I can't seem to type anything in the input....Does anyone have the same problem as I do?
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! Yes, everyone experiences this. In the video, you'll see him type in the username but you'll never see anything print when he types the password. This is for security reasons. We never want anyone to see our password printed to the screen in case someone is standing behind us etc. Beyond that, not showing anything like asterisks means that even if someone sees our passwords obfuscated, they still have no idea how long our password is, which is an added security mechanism.
To be clear, this is not exclusive to git. There are other powerful commands that can be entered in the terminal which also require passwords (such as sudo). Those will also not be shown as you type the password.
I found this short article about it.
Hope it helps!
Elgene Ee
3,554 PointsOh, I can seem to finally push my repo to GitHub, it was because I did not type my password correctly I suppose. Thank you so much Jennifer!
Alan McClenaghan
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 56,500 PointsI've experienced this a lot while trying to learn git/gitHub.
Feels like I've taken crazy pills!
Elgene Ee
3,554 PointsElgene Ee
3,554 PointsThank you Jennifer Nordell, The issue is when I no matter what I typed, nothing shows up...Even I entered the correct password(which shows nothing), they still prompted me an error. Could you help me with that?
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherWhat do you mean by "prompted you an error"?. What error are you receiving? And no, nothing will be visible as you are typing your password. That is the way terminal works. Nothing will show up.