"sudo" not working

[Eryx]

I installed Adeona yesterday and found that it interfered with some of
my other programs.

I am running a OSX 10.5.6.

In the uninstall directions it says to use the password "sudo" to
uninstall the program, this password does not work.

http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/osxremoveguide.html

I have also tried to use the master password but that does not help
either. Is there another way to remove all parts of this program?

do these uninstall directions uninstall all parts to this program?

[Tadayoshi Kohno]

Dear Eryx,

Re: the removal of Adeona, for the "sudo" password -- am I correct that you used your login password, not the password you used when you created Adeona?

We have a _beta_ tool to help Apple users remove Adeona, which is easier than having to open up Terminal and type commands, though the commands specified on the OS X removal page should work assuming the correct password is applied.  I'll have the relevant person send you a copy of our beta removal tool out-of-band.

Thanks!

Yoshi

[Glenn Rempe]

I can confirm that the OS X uninstall instructions on the website do
work.

http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/osxremoveguide.html

@Eryx 'sudo' is a unix command that is used to allow a regular user to
execute programs that normally only the 'root' (admin) user could
execute.

So when you see a command like:

'sudo launchctl stop edu.washington.cs.adeona'

simply copy and paste it EXACTLY as you see it into a terminal
window. The first time you execute a command with sudo it will ask
for your OS X user login password. sudo will remember your password
for a few minutes so the subsequent sudo commands you enter should not
prompt you for the password again.

CAUTION : Be very careful how you copy and paste the uninstall
commands and double check that they are correct. If you type them
incorrectly you risk deleting MUCH MORE than you want, potentially
rendering your machine inoperable. Use caution and you should be ok.

This all assumes that the user you are logged into OS X as is an admin
user. By default the first user that was created on your OS X machine
has admin privileges.

[Helder Barbosa]

Dear Yoshi,
Could you please send me your beta tool to remove adeona from my mac.
The "sudo" password seems to not work for me as well. it asks me to
give my password but no keys seems to work, so I can´t type in my
password. Not sure what is wrong.
Is any other way to remove completely adeona from my laptop?
thanks very much for the help.
Helder

[Brian L. Matthews]

On 5/19/09 4:01 PM, Helder Barbosa wrote:
> Dear Yoshi,
> Could you please send me your beta tool to remove adeona from my mac.
> The "sudo" password seems to not work for me as well. it asks me to
> give my password but no keys seems to work, so I can´t type in my
> password. Not sure what is wrong.
>

The keys are working, there's just nothing echoing (so someone can't
read your password over your shoulder). Just type your password and hit
return and the sudo should run.

Brian