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Mit Sengupta
13,823 PointsWhy my terminal is asking for password?
When I am entering the command line code on the terminal it is prompting for a password and giving me a warning. I do not even know what password it is asking for. Please someone help.
3 Answers
Mit Sengupta
13,823 PointsSteve Hunter , Hello Steve I think so yes. But albeit I am typing my login password in sudo, it's saying that the password I entered is incorrect when it is not. I'm at the moment logged in as a guest user.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsIt might want the password for the user with admin privileges, rather than a guest user?
Mit Sengupta
13,823 PointsHello Steve, it's working with the password now. But when am entering this : r/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf /etc/my.cnf
It is saying : No such file or directory
Steve Hunter
57,712 Pointsr/local or usr/local?
Mit Sengupta
13,823 PointsSteve Hunter , r/local
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsSteve Hunter
57,712 PointsI imagine it is asking for your user account password to allow you to use
sudo?Steve.