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I was getting a lot of errors that I didn't know how to fix everytime I typed "sudo apt-get update" I was kinda new and didn't know who to fix it after countless hours of research so I decided to remove sudo. Now everytime I try to install sudo back I get prompted with the following:

   We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local system Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

        #1)Respect the privacy of others.

        #2)Think before you type.

        #3)With great power comes great responsibility.

   [Sudo] password for "my user name is here"

I don't know my sudo password and I now know I should never have deleted it. Is there a way I can reset everything so I can have a new terminal that ask me for a user name and password. I'm using linux(beta) on chrome os.

Thanks a lot if you are able to help me.

Karl_reece123
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Your sudo password is your normal login password. If for some reason you aren't admin, become root(this may help) and then change permissions (and passwords if necessary. In the end, all you need to be is root, and that by itself can and reset the sudo password.

PythonicOreo
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  • I appreciate the help, but did you mean my sudo password is the password I use to login my chromebook. If so I tried that and it didn't work. I tried to login as root by using "su" in the command line, but once again was asked for a password in which I dont know. The alternative way to login to root is to use sudo which I dont have. I'm mostly trying to find a way to just reset everything. I know uninstalling lunix wont help that, but when I first got terminal from linux, the sudo command was already there. Thanks if you can help with this – Karl_reece123 May 18 '20 at 22:27