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On 25/01/2025 22:34, Chris Green wrote:
> I am trying to set up a new, headless Pi 4B.  I have copied the 'lite'
> image to a USB drive and created the empty 'ssh' file in the boot
> partition.
>
> It boots OK and the ssh deamon is running but the default username
> 'pi' and password 'raspberry' don't work. How on earth do I get into
> it to start it up?
>
> I can edit files on the USB drive OK so I can add and modify entries
> in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. So all I actually need to do is set it
> up so the user 'pi' has no password but I'm not doing too well at
> doing that at the moment.
>
> Any ideas, or other ways to get into it?
>
There is no longer a default user in current images. When you sue the
Raspberry Pi Imager, you must use the option to set a user and password,
and if needed to enable ssh

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Chris

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