Terminal is requesting a password-I don't use a pw

I'm wanting to permanently silence the startup chime. After entering the requisite command line, the administrator's password is requested.  I don't have a pw on the computer so the response is "sorry, try again."  Do I create a pw just for chits-0and-giggles?

Terminal commands that are used to administer the computer will require being run from an admin account, and also require you enter your password. These are usually preceded by the "sudo" command, such as "sudo rm FILEPATH" to remove a file with administrative privileges. For others that do not use the sudo command, they may be coded to invoke OS X's security frameworks, which will prompt you in a window for an administrator username and password. Either way, an admin username and password will be required to run the command.
Anything required to silence the startup chime will very likely require administrative authorization to run, so you will need to supply these credentials when you run this command.

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