Use this tag for questions related to passwords on any of the device's compatible operating systems. Depending on the distribution, the default password will change. (See the full tag wiki for a list of default passwords.)
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Allowing weak passwords for users
I just installed my brand new PI using the Wheezy image on Raspberry's site. Problem is it has such a strict password policy I cannot set it to anything less than 6 characters and even then it must ...
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cannot login anymore
I was following the tutorial here http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Raspberry-Pi-Web-Server and everything was going fine until I got to "The finishing touches" part of the tutorial. I was able to login ...
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How to automatically login in Raspbian?
I tried researching about this. I found an outdated article on how to do so in eLinux. It says one must nano /etc/inittab and find a line that reads 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1. ...
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How do I change/recover my password?
I have made several personal configuration changes to a Raspbian Wheezy install (more secure ssh, personal configurations, etc). It's been a couple weeks since I last touched it, and I completely ...
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Raspberry Pi types in 'pi' but not the password 'raspberry' on login
I have only just received my Raspberry Pi and something has gone wrong. When I get to the stage of logging in my Pi types in 'pi' fine, but the password 'raspberry' does not type in.
The blinking ...
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How can I make raspbmc remember my passphrase?
I'm using Raspbmc on my Raspberry Pi as my torrent/media server. I want to backup ~/.xbmc and ~/.config/deluge by tarring them and rsync'ing them over to my Ubuntu laptop.
This all goes fine, but I ...
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Auto-login with GUI disabled in Raspbian
How can I make the RPi auto-login when booted, when the GUI is disabled?
You don't have to type a password, when logging in when GUI enabled, so there is probably an easy way of disabling the ...
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How can I change the pi user password?
I will be needing to access my pi while I am away from home, and SSH would be good for this purpose. I am using it with password authentication, I don't want to mess around with SSH keys. However I ...
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What password to use to log in after the first boot?
The first time I boot up my Raspberry Pi I get a login screen.
What username and password should I use? That is, what is the default password for Raspberry Pi?
