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My account on my computer does not require a password, and I have admin privelages. As I understand it, so I'm trying to run sudo [...] and getting the following result when leaving the password field blank

user@computer:~$ sudo apt-get install jdk
[sudo] password for user: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for user: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for user: 
Sorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts

What do I need to do to run this successfully. Is there a default internal password I'm not aware of?

Running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x32.

Thanks!

user27886
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  • I never lost a password though. I literally never set one. – user27886 Oct 28 '14 at 00:07
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    that is exactly what the link in my comment answers. You need to set a password for your account to be able to use sudo. Without that, sudo is locked and is not accessible. – astrob0t Oct 28 '14 at 00:08

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