This is very strange. I’m trying to do some work through SSH. I can get into the RaspberryPi and log on with my password just fine. Then I switch over to the Home Assistant shell using:
sudo -u homeassistant -H -s
I get the prompt homassistant@raspberrypi:/home/pi
From that point, whenever I try to run any command line functions, I get this:
I did not enter any password during the install of Home Assistant (using Manual installation over a Raspian install), but yet, it keeps asking for one. My RaspberryPi password doesn’t work, nor does any password I would use for this (in case I forgot somehow and entered a password somewhere by accident – which I didn’t).
How can I get past this??? Is there a default password that gets set up during installation?
Thanks ahead!
Don’t use the home assistant user for sudo tasks. Use your normal account
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I’m not a Linux master at all, so pardon if this is a simplistic question:
Where did this password come from and why don’t I know what it is? It seems that it was loaded automatically during the install. I followed the installation commands for manual to the letter. There was no request to setup a password, so it seems it was generated from within the installation. If so, I don’t like having someone else’s password in my system, and I’d like to clear it or reset it.
Thanks!
You didn’t set a password.
There is no password.
Sounds like you did fine.
Correct.
Nope. The installation of Home Assistant has nothing to do with setting passwords.
There isn’t a password, and there isn’t a need to clear anything or reset anything.
