INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3
REPLYADDR ldo@nz.invalid
REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP
MSGID:  c22f92a5
REPLY:  237f277f
PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:34:53 +0000, Chris Green wrote:

> 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.

Try putting this in the password field in the /etc/shadow file:

    $y$j9T$7FOBvVykAYTWGfCHpB2tJ.$/cOEl5X64TU2daBOxeP.hfgF90h23GeLBxFmJI0TVP4

(that’s a hash for “raspberry”.)

The hash was produced with my code from here
. The various hash algorithms that
should be available are documented here
.

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