Revert "sudo passwd -d `whoami`"

Asked Mar 20 '24 at 16:39

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I have followed the steps here to remove the password from an Ubuntu account. Now I want to change it all back.

I have already removed the line

david ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

But don't know how to revert this command:

sudo passwd -d `whoami`

Can anyone tell me how? Thanks in advance.

asked Mar 20 '24 at 16:39

John Carter

What do you mean by revert? Where is that command? I guess it should be enough to remove it for where it is (and available for execution), for example from some shellscript or .desktop file? – sudodus Mar 20 '24 at 17:11
@sudodus How can I add back the password for the user? I guess that -d in the command means delete, so there must be a command with -a? – John Carter Mar 20 '24 at 17:13
Did you try the command passwd? – sudodus Mar 20 '24 at 17:15
@sudodus No, I have not tried that command, but I will right now. What do you mean by "shell script" ? I just ran the command in the terminal. – John Carter Mar 20 '24 at 17:15
You may need the advice in the answer with a lot of upvotes to the following question, https://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password – sudodus Mar 20 '24 at 17:24
@sudodus Thanks, I will take a look. – John Carter Mar 20 '24 at 17:25
I was trying to understand how to get rid of that command (and did not understand how you were using it). Anyway, I think that link will help you solve the problem ... – sudodus Mar 20 '24 at 17:26
@sudodus passwd worked. Thanks! – John Carter Mar 20 '24 at 18:41
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You are welcome :-) – sudodus Mar 20 '24 at 19:44

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