From: bob@sick-of-spam.invalid   
      
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      Chris Green  wrote:   
   > Bob Latham  wrote:   
      
   > > Question if I may? How do you get to the /etc/shadow file if you   
   > > can't log in to the pi?   
   > >   
   > By editing it in the file system that appears when you plug the USB   
   > stick into a PC, easy! :-)   
      
   Erm, not here!   
      
   My PC can read and write the FAT32 bootFS which is how I can add both   
   SSH and userconf files. But the other partition, ext4 rootfs is   
   invisible on my PC.   
      
   > > Probably a couple of years ago now I created my own userconf file   
   > > which along with an empty SSH file I drop into a newly burnt SD   
   > > card. This works just fine for me but I would love to know how   
   > > get to anything on the other partition without logging in. I am   
   > > unaware of any way to see the main partition when the SD card is   
   > > plugged into a PC.   
   > >   
   > Both partitions appear when I plug it into my Linux boxes, e.g. when   
   > this particular USB is plugged in I see:-   
      
   >     /media/chris/Transcend/rootfs   
   >     /media/chris/Transcend/bootfs   
      
   Oh, So you mean a Linux PC, that I can believe but I don't know   
   anyone who has such a beast, I've not even seen one. Apple-mac or   
   Windows without exception in my acquaintances and all would think a   
   'PC' meant windows.   
      
   Before anyone makes the obvious claim, in my eyes a pi doesn't   
   qualify as a PC.   
      
   Bob.   
      
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