Overview
- Raspberry Pi released OS 6.2, which now requires the current user's password for sudo on fresh installations.
- Sudo requests trigger a password prompt in the terminal or a desktop dialog, and a successful entry grants a five‑minute window without another prompt.
- Existing installations keep passwordless sudo as they are, and nothing changes unless the user opts in to the new behavior.
- Users who want the old setup can turn off the Admin Password setting in the Control Centre to restore passwordless sudo.
- Raspberry Pi says the change hardens the default against casual misuse as cybercrime grows, and some scripts that assumed no prompt may need updates.