No account password. What to type into Terminal when prompted for it?

[Kahnyl]

When I try to just hit enter as my password it says it's incorrect. What do I type for no password?

 

[GoCubsGo]

What are you trying to do? Get to root?

 

[miles01110]

You should use a password. Change your account so you have one, then type it in. If you're trying to sudo something, I don't think sudo even allows 'null' passwords.

 

[Kahnyl]

Yeah I'm trying to sudo. There's so little on this machine that a password would be more annoying than helpful.

 

[GGJstudios]

Yeah I'm trying to sudo. There's so little on this machine that a password would be more annoying than helpful.

It's asking for your administrator password, which you should have set

 

[Kahnyl]

I am the admin. I left it blank at installation.

 

[miles01110]

Yeah I'm trying to sudo. There's so little on this machine that a password would be more annoying than helpful.

Considering you can't sudo with a null password, I'm inclined to disagree 😉 Even to edit the sudoers file so a password isn't required requires an initial password.

 

[Kahnyl]

I'd have to input a password quite regularly if I had set one up initially.

On this one occasion, I'll create a password, use it to sudo, and then remove it again.

Much more convenient.

Thanks for the help people.

 

[danielcox]

Why not just create a root account (passworded) and su for stuff you need to do?