I'm a beginner at learning to use the Raspberry Pi, and I was wondering what the difference between pi@raspberry:~# and pi@raspberry:~$ are? I'm using PuTTy.
# for refers to root and $ refers to a regular user.
You can use either, but if you are running lots of commands that require root access logging in using pi@raspberry:~# is probably more useful than using pi@raspberry:~$, just because it saves adding sudo to the start of commands that require root access.
answered Jun 19 '17 at 14:14
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Thanks mate Just as a follow up, would that involve me logging in as "root" rather than "pi" when using Putty? – J_Sun Jun 19 '17 at 14:52
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I think logging in as
piwill work, if it doesn't I guess you would have to log in asroot. – Darth Vader♦ Jun 19 '17 at 16:03 -
2It is safer to login as the Pi user and switch to the root user (sudo su). This will allow you to disable root logins via SSH. – Steve Robillard Jun 19 '17 at 16:52
