Path: csiph.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Greg Wooledge Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: in terminal mode Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:55:57 -0400 Lines: 28 Approved: bug-bash@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20200427165557.GY845@eeg.ccf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1588006590 4312 209.51.188.17 (27 Apr 2020 16:56:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu Cc: bug-bash@gnu.org To: Eva Farrell Envelope-to: bug-bash@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: Eva Farrell , bug-bash@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Received-SPF: none client-ip=139.137.100.1; envelope-from=wooledg@eeg.ccf.org; helo=mail.eeg.ccf.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/04/27 12:55:58 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 139.137.100.1 X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <20200427165557.GY845@eeg.ccf.org> X-Mailman-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:16249 On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:40:26AM -0400, Eva Farrell wrote: > I am trying to a password for root, because I do not have one I have over > 30 updates I need to install but it won't let me. When I open Terminal it > says > eva@E4620~$ > > and I try sudo apt-get update it ask for my password however when I type > it, it says it doesn't work with eva@E4620. I don't even know hat E4620 is. > Can you point me in the right direction? I need help. Most likely, E4620 is your system's hostname. Your question isn't related to bash. It's a system administration question, and you should ask your operating system's mailing list or support forum, whatever that may be. If you don't know what operating system you're using, try some of the following commands: uname -a lsb_release -a ls -l /etc/*version cat /etc/*version cat /etc/*release Another approach might be to track down whoever gave you the "eva" account on this system, and ask them for help.