From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 27/01/2025 13:37, Chris Townley wrote:   
   > On 27/01/2025 08:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 26/01/2025 22:52, Chris Townley wrote:   
   >>> On 26/01/2025 20:37, Knute Johnson wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/26/25 12:20, Chris Green wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Is there **really** such a big security issue with default login names   
   >>>>> and passwords on Raspberry Pis?  Surely almost all of them are going   
   >>>>> to be on home networks behind NAT routers and also surely no one is   
   >>>>> going to (without thinking about it a bit!) put confidential data on   
   >>>>> one.  Anyone installing any system which is going to be directly out   
   >>>>> on the internet should be very aware of the risks and will do what's   
   >>>>> required.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I don't know but there appear to be a few people who can't get their   
   >>>> password into their Pi successfully.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Most who cannot are people trying to use a foreign keyboard, which   
   >>> you cannot set up in the imager   
   >>>   
   >> Why would you be using a keyboard at all on a headless Pi?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Clearly to access the Pi from another computer. Running headless doesn't   
   > mean you don't way to access it   
   >   
   Then you are not using it on the Pi are you? But on a different   
   machine...that is configured to use its keycodes already...   
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   more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump   
   their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the   
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   that they are dead.   
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