Somehow set a password and forgot it...

[RubberduckzillA RIP Alwyn]

For the Desktop mode Steam Deck User account, somehow forgot that I set a password and what the password is. How can I reset it?

[ShelLuser]

Same as always: go to the website while not being logged on, then click the "Forgot password" link after you clicked "login".

[RubberduckzillA RIP Alwyn]

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

Same as always: go to the website while not being logged on, then click the "Forgot password" link after you clicked "login".

You misunderstand me entirely, I have not forgotten my steam password. I have forgotten the password for the steam deck user account that gets used in desktop mode, which is entirely different to a steam password

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by λ Experimental Vaccine till 2023:

I have forgotten the password for the steam deck user account that gets used in desktop mode, which is entirely different to a steam password

Reinstall the recovery image and start over.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3

[RubberduckzillA RIP Alwyn]

Originally posted by 8bitbeard:

Originally posted by λ Experimental Vaccine till 2023:

I have forgotten the password for the steam deck user account that gets used in desktop mode, which is entirely different to a steam password

Reinstall the recovery image and start over.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3

I'm hopig theres a way of using the recovery image but not having to reinstall. Shadow file seems to be unwritable atm. If I could write to it, then I could delete the password I have saved.

[Marlock]

try booting to a liveboot linux stick then changing that shadow file from the independant distro... it should not be in use then

[PopinFRESH]

Here is an Arch support page regarding this. There are several approaches to do this which this page provides.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Reset_lost_root_password

Things to keep in mind for the instructions if you aren't familiar with Linux

the passwd command if run without a user after it will target the current user (e.g. if you are root and run passwd it will change the password for the root user. If you want to change another users password, you can use passwd user to target the password for user, such as in the first example using your non-privileged account that is part of the sudo user group to change the password for the root user.

You'll want to interrupt the bootloader during boot and add the kernel options to the kernel line in the bootloader

The second and third option are probably going to be the option you'll want to use, or as previously suggested the fourth option will use a live Linux CD / image to boot from and then mounts your root filesystem so you can change the root users password on that filesystem.

If you need any other help after reading the article feel free to ask.

Another good page to read is how users and groups work in Linux.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups#Overview

[RubberduckzillA RIP Alwyn]

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

Here is an Arch support page regarding this. There are several approaches to do this which this page provides.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Reset_lost_root_password

Things to keep in mind for the instructions if you aren't familiar with Linux

the passwd command if run without a user after it will target the current user (e.g. if you are root and run passwd it will change the password for the root user. If you want to change another users password, you can use passwd user to target the password for user, such as in the first example using your non-privileged account that is part of the sudo user group to change the password for the root user.

You'll want to interrupt the bootloader during boot and add the kernel options to the kernel line in the bootloader

The second and third option are probably going to be the option you'll want to use, or as previously suggested the fourth option will use a live Linux CD / image to boot from and then mounts your root filesystem so you can change the root users password on that filesystem.

If you need any other help after reading the article feel free to ask.

Another good page to read is how users and groups work in Linux.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups#Overview

Thanks very much, I think I should be able to work out the mounting stuff with the steam recovery image when I get a chance later today. Thank yo so much for helping my DUMB ASS.

[RubberduckzillA RIP Alwyn]

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

Here is an Arch support page regarding this. There are several approaches to do this which this page provides.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Reset_lost_root_password

Things to keep in mind for the instructions if you aren't familiar with Linux

the passwd command if run without a user after it will target the current user (e.g. if you are root and run passwd it will change the password for the root user. If you want to change another users password, you can use passwd user to target the password for user, such as in the first example using your non-privileged account that is part of the sudo user group to change the password for the root user.

You'll want to interrupt the bootloader during boot and add the kernel options to the kernel line in the bootloader

The second and third option are probably going to be the option you'll want to use, or as previously suggested the fourth option will use a live Linux CD / image to boot from and then mounts your root filesystem so you can change the root users password on that filesystem.

If you need any other help after reading the article feel free to ask.

Another good page to read is how users and groups work in Linux.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups#Overview

Yea thanks I have solved this now.

[Eldzdyn]

Originally posted by λ Experimental Vaccine till 2023:

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

Here is an Arch support page regarding this. There are several approaches to do this which this page provides.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Reset_lost_root_password

Things to keep in mind for the instructions if you aren't familiar with Linux

the passwd command if run without a user after it will target the current user (e.g. if you are root and run passwd it will change the password for the root user. If you want to change another users password, you can use passwd user to target the password for user, such as in the first example using your non-privileged account that is part of the sudo user group to change the password for the root user.

You'll want to interrupt the bootloader during boot and add the kernel options to the kernel line in the bootloader

The second and third option are probably going to be the option you'll want to use, or as previously suggested the fourth option will use a live Linux CD / image to boot from and then mounts your root filesystem so you can change the root users password on that filesystem.

If you need any other help after reading the article feel free to ask.

Another good page to read is how users and groups work in Linux.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups#Overview

Yea thanks I have solved this now.

May I ask how you solved this? In the same boat. I have the recovery image loaded on a USB but I'm not sure what to do next.

EDIT:
Found instructions to fix, see below:

1. Follow the instructions on https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3 to get to the recovery desktop.

2. Mount the internal disc somewhere mount /dev/nvme0n1p6 /mnt

3. Edit the shadow-file nano /mnt/lib/overlays/etc/upper/shadow

4. Remove the password from the entry for deck. Remove everything up to the next colon. Do not remove the colon.

5. Reboot.

Courtesy of /u/Bjoern_Tantau on reddit.

[Taktloss]

You can Just use Desktop Mode and tuen Change remove the Password in the settings

[Tev]

Originally posted by Taktloss:

You can Just use Desktop Mode and tuen Change remove the Password in the settings

For me it asks for my current password when I try though, "Authentication is required to change your own user password."

I'll just use recovery too as mentioned above.

[Tek Aevl]

Originally posted by Tev:

Originally posted by Taktloss:

You can Just use Desktop Mode and tuen Change remove the Password in the settings

For me it asks for my current password when I try though, "Authentication is required to change your own user password."

I'll just use recovery too as mentioned above.

same here.

[Deozaan]

Originally posted by Eldzdyn:

May I ask how you solved this? In the same boat. I have the recovery image loaded on a USB but I'm not sure what to do next.

EDIT:
Found instructions to fix, see below:

1. Follow the instructions on https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3 to get to the recovery desktop.

2. Mount the internal disc somewhere mount /dev/nvme0n1p6 /mnt

3. Edit the shadow-file nano /mnt/lib/overlays/etc/upper/shadow

4. Remove the password from the entry for deck. Remove everything up to the next colon. Do not remove the colon.

5. Reboot.

Courtesy of /u/Bjoern_Tantau on reddit.

This isn't working for me. I believe I did everything as described above but when I reboot back into the normal Desktop mode and type passwd it asks for the current password and if I just press Enter (no password) it tells me there's an authentication failure and that I can't set/change the password.

Any other suggestions or tips, or a link to the reddit post? I'd really prefer not having to wipe the drive and reinstall everything from scratch.

EDIT: Found the Reddit thread. Looking into more suggestions there. https://reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/tuoidv/forgot_my_password_for_the_konsole_now_what/

EDIT2: Solved it. I had a shadow file in the above location on both /dev/nvme0n1p6 and /dev/nvme0n1p7. I cleared out the password in both of them and rebooted and now it's working for me.

[kakashi13310]

Originally posted by 8bitbeard:

Originally posted by λ Experimental Vaccine till 2023:

I have forgotten the password for the steam deck user account that gets used in desktop mode, which is entirely different to a steam password

Reinstall the recovery image and start over.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3

hi what is the default password for the user please? I wanted to change it but it was not taken into account plz

[JohnHurt(s)]

the default pw isnt set
if u start the console and enter "passwd" you dont have to enter the actual pw
if you have to...well...then download the recovery image and choose "clear local user data" as shown in this link: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3