SteamOS 3¶
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Desktop Mode¶
Default User Account¶
By default, on the Steam Deck, the user and group deck
(UID and GID 1000
) is used. It is also part of the wheel
group (GID 998
) which provides it access to running commands as the root
user with the sudo
command.
There is no password by default. For running sudo
commands, a password needs to be set.
GUI: System Settings > Personalization > Users > Your Account > Steam Deck User > Change Password
CLI:
$ passwd