hi so i wanna change the sudo password for my steam deck but its forcing me to put the old password AND I DIDNT PUT ANY PASSWORD BEFORE so I NEED HELP

  • alexcleac@szmer.infoEnglish
    231·
    1 day ago

    If you haven’t set a password before, then it should be the default one: empty. Then, to use sudo you will need to set one by using passwd command.

    In case if the password was set in the past: the only way would be to run factory reset, or restore from image.

    • Silly GooberOPEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      i tried running passwd deck then trying sudo passwd deck and it worked :D tysm

    • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
      14·
      1 day ago

      Booting from any rescue Linux system and removing or editing /etc/shadow in the overlay partition would work as well. No need for a factory reset.