Why Is Ubuntu Asking for a Password?
Contents the Password Is Required Because It’s Using Sudo to Run the Actual Installation as Root. You May Be Able to Address This by Modifying /Etc/Sudoers to...
The password is required because it’s using sudo to run the actual installation as root. You may be able to address this by modifying /etc/sudoers to allow it to run apt-get and dpkg without a password (see or this post Run apt-get without sudo).
How do I make Ubuntu not ask for password?
Go to “System Settings”, then “Brightness & Lock“. Either put the Lock switch to “OFF”, or uncheck “Require my password when waking from suspend”.
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What is the default password for Ubuntu?
There is no default password for Ubuntu or any sane operating system. During the installation a username and password is specified. Having a default username/password would be a bad idea from a security perspective.
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