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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

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[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Kareemofficial@thelemmy.club 9 points 1 day ago

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

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 15 points 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.