I thought I’ll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I’ll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

  • onlinepersonaEnglish
    33·
    6 months ago

    These are all valid reasons to request a password 🤔

    • Wake computer from Screensaver? Password.

    Check your screen saver settings. Dunno which desktop environment you’re using. KDE should allow you to not enter a password for this.

    • Install something? Password.
    • Updates (biggest one. Updates should in my opinion just work without, because being up to date is important for security reasons)? Password.

    Installing stuff runs sudo in the background hence the password prompt. Updates = installing stuff. Look up “passwordless sudo”. At this point, when do you even want a password to be shown? If you don’t need a password, get rid of it entirely.

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    • Stillhart
      10·
      6 months ago

      At this point, when do you even want a password to be shown? If you don’t need a password, get rid of it entirely.

      Do you still do this by just pressing enter when you change your password? (i.e. entering no password as your password)