Hi Tableteers,

I'd like a P2P client application on my new N810. So I'm trying to install Daniel Martín Yerga's port of Nicotine [1]. So first I need to install Python 2.5, and I understand this means my "device must be in RD mode. This is done using sudo flasher --enable-rd-mode," inside X Terminal. [2] BUT... this command prompts for a password.

From research here in our ITT forums and elswhere, I understand that, "By default, sudo requires that users authenticate themselves with a password (NOTE: by default this is the user's password, not the root password). [3] But also, "Command sudo asks for user password, not root's. There is no user password set by default," [4], and, "IIRC the user password is not even set on ITOSes by default." [5]

So, AFAIU, I'm being prompted to enter the 'user' password, but there is no 'user' password set. Erm... am I missing something here? When sudo prompts me for a password which doesn't exist, what do I enter?

Thanks in advance for your time and attention in helping me to resolve this conundrum.

References
[1] Nicotine - http://nicotine.garage.maemo.org/nicotine.install

[2] Python 2.5 - http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/installation.html

[3] sudo password authentication - http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man8/sudo.8.php

[4] no user password set by default - http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...d.php?p=141848

[5] user password is not even set on ITOSes - http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=16588