I recently encountered an issue where my sudo password suddenly didn't work, and I haven't used my system in a bit. I tried editing the password in grub, and it seemed like I could only change it to one letter for some reason. After that, I changed the root password and noted it down, but now it seems to have changed again. Can anyone explain what's going on?
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It sounds like you're a bit confused about how passwords work with sudo and root. Just to clarify, `sudo` uses your user password for authentication, not a separate one. Many people don't set a root password anymore because it's safer to use `sudo` instead. So, if you're having trouble with your password, it's likely tied to your user account, not root.
So, just to be clear, is my user password the same as the one I use to log in? Because that one doesn't work with sudo, but I can still sign into my computer.