Re: in terminal mode

[Greg Wooledge]

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.