Latest Raspberry Pi OS Release Disables Passwordless sudo by Default

Posted by hanuca on Apr 14, 2026 7:20 PM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation released today a new version of their Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS distribution for Raspberry Pi single-board computers with various improvements and updated components.

Still powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, which will receive support until December 2028, the new Raspberry Pi OS release (2026-04-13) disables passwordless sudo by default for an extra layer of protection and security.

This means that running root commands requires a password. However, you can re-enable passwordless sudo in your Raspberry Pi OS system via the System tab in the Control Centre app or the raspi-config command-line utility if you don’t like entering passwords when running root commands.

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