Questions tagged [password]
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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Raspberry pi OS safety online on raspberry pi 5 8GB
I installed the Raspberry Pi OS with Raspberry Pi Imager on my rasp 5 8gb and was surprised that sudo doesn't require entering password by default, the OS will also boot into desktop without any user ...
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Unable to disable password login
I have Raspberry Pi OS Linux raspberrypi 6.6.31+rpt-rpi-v8 installed and I'm trying to disable password login.
I have followed a lot of recommendations from different websites, but I'm still able to ...
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ssh password is not working
When I try to connect my Zorin OS PC with my Raspberry and I enter the correct password it it's just telling me "Permission denied, please try again." I don't know why it is doing this, but ...
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Recover / reset SSH access without external monitor?
How can I regain SSH access if I:
Have physical access to the device
Do not have a way of plugging in an external monitor (or serial console)
Was previously using SSH
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For the Pi Pico W, is there a recommended (secure?) way to store WiFi username and password using micro/circuit python?
I am following wonderful tutorials on how to connect a RPi Pico W to my home AP. Everything works flawlessly. However, I had a question on how the wifi SSID and password are stored(securely?) on the ...
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My Raspberry Pi 4b changes password by itself
I am using Raspbian Bullseye on my Raspberry Pi 4b, and in the last few days it has been changing the password by itself.
I have a headless setup, so I can only connect via SSH, and sometimes, several ...
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How does Raspberry Pi OS installer know my WiFi password?
In the special settings for the RPi OS installer you can specify the WiFi password for your network. It's already prefilled in. I can even see it by placing checkmark "show password".
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What should I do if i forgot my authentication password
i am running raspbian GNU/linux 10 and forgot the password to download software, is there anything i can do?
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forgot raspberry pi username -> extract from raspberry pi imager
i forgot the password for my raspberry pi, but it is still stored in the default-settings of the raspberry pi imager. Is there any way to get the password back to plain text. my problem is i dont have ...
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Reboot and password issues
My son got a raspberry PiTop at a class at the Centre for Computimg History in Cambridge last week. We have had some issues rebooting since attempting to download recommended software. However, the Pi ...
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How do I reset the lost password of a Pi 4 running Ubuntu server?
I would like to reset the password of my raspberry pi 4 4gb running Ubuntu server 20.04, most tutorials involve adding init=/bin/sh to cmdline.txt, however when I do this I get a kernel panic.
Roughly ...
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Can't SSH on Fresh Install of Raspberry Pi OS lite [duplicate]
this is my first question ever so sorry if I don't follow proper procedure with how I phrase everything. Anyway, I'm trying to set up my raspberry pi for the first time, but am unable to connect to it ...
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Changed /etc/passwd, now I can't log in, what's the best way to recover it (headless)? [closed]
I made the mistake of changing of the pi user name string to something else (e.g. foo) in /etc/passwd. I did not change the home directory. Now when I try to log in via ssh to the new user, sshd ...
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Permission Denied on SSH, but can VNC with same credentials
I have a raspberry pi on my network and have ssh'd into for over a year now nearly on a daily basis. I have VNC setup as well which I use about once a week.
Suddenly today I can no longer SSH in. I ...
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Can't log in through ssh after running "sudo passwd -d pi"
I'm running Raspbian Buster Lite on a board that I normally only access over SSH. The default login is pi/raspberry. I wanted to clear the password for convenience so I logged in and ran "sudo ...
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How do I recover or reset a forgotten password
Running a pi 4 with raspian. I dont have a password fro removing or installing software.
How do I reset it without having to delete everything and start again?
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Raspberry Pi wiping PW after reboot
So I recently invested in a raspberry pi 400 running up to date raspberry pi os. After numerous reboots whilst tinkering and setting up ssh/ vnc i followed the systems warning to change the default ...
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Headless Raspberry Pi 4 Password Reset?
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 that I haven't used in a little bit, and I've forgotten the password. I know it's running Raspbian Lite, no idea which version. I'd really hate to wipe it, there were many ...
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Wrong password creating on first boot (cloud-init) (Ubuntu 20.04 server, RPI 4)
I try create preinstalled user for Ubuntu 20.04. For this i add some entries in accordance with official docs, to /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg (config for cloud-init )
Old:
users:
- default
My:
users:
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Disable Single User Mode
If I forget my password to my Raspberry Pi, I can gain access again by using single user mode (here is an alternative link). The upside is that if I don't know my password, I can gain access. The ...
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How to restore /bin/sh
Sup yall,
I was trying to fix GUI login or restore password issue on Raspberry Pi 4. There are so many topics and several solutions to solve a problem where you're stuck into a loop asking for a ...
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unable to establish connection via ssh [closed]
I'm not able to connect to my raspberry pi via ssh likely after wrong password.
What can I do to remove the administrator ban?
Here is what it prompts:
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@...
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New Password not Being Accepted
My new password is being rejected at first use. Following previous threads I used the init=/bin/sh to the cmdline file. On bootup I receive message "job control turned off."
The ending of ...
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NetworkManager on Ubuntu Mate keeps asking the password
We recently changed the router and set up the devices and everything worked fine.
Except there is my raspberry pi 3 which cannot connect to the new router. It doesn’t show any errors but it simply ...
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Reset root password Pi 4 Raspbian
A newbie error I made when changing /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99qt5ct stopped my Pi 4 booting without a password. Which of course I have forgotten/lost!
From what I could find searching, most of the info on ...
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using passlib with argon2 gives MissingBackendError
Installed passlib on my Windows 10 pc to study how to store passwords
To use passlib with argon2 I installed that argon2-cffi too just as it shows in the passlib documentation
Runs fine on my laptop, ...
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Writing code to access agile octopus rest API in python 3 on a raspberry pi
Octopus give an example of the command needed to access their API:
curl -u "sk_live_************************:" "https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/AGILE-18-02-21/electricity-tariffs/E-1R-AGILE-18-...
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ssh Permission denied // RPi 3 Model A+ macOS Mojave
I'm trying to access my RPi 3 Model A+ from my mac (Mojave) through ssh. They're both connected to a 5GHz wifi.
From the mac terminal, I type the RPi ip address, then the default password raspberry , ...
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Raspbian Password Change Not Working
I'm using Raspbian Buster and I'm using my Raspberry Pi headlessly. After I log in to SSH when I use a new OS image, I always change the password from the default one. I use sudo passwd to change the ...
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Problems with init=bin/sh working
I followed the below instructions. Putting the init at the end of the sole line in cmdline.
boot=UUID=2311-4211 disk=UUID=69a6af94-e21a-450d-bf5e-fcc08d992566 init=/bin/sh
I return sd card to pi and ...
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Ubuntu core ask for password when using ssh keys
Can someone tell my what is wrong when I try to login into my raspberry with SSH:
Debug info:
I have followed this guide ubuntu guide for ubuntu core and for ubuntu ssh keys. Can see on google that ...
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Using a pi as a wireless access point with bridge - incorrect password
I'm trying to set up my raspberry pi 3 running a fresh install of raspbian buster as a wireless access point with a bridge to ethernet to give connected devices internet access.
I followed the ...
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Mount network share on boot with hidden password [closed]
When I was trying to mount a network share on boot by adding the following line to the /etc/fstab file:
//<server>/folder /home/pi/target cifs username=<username>,password=<password&...
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How to hide secret information with .bash_profile
I have come across a video where for best practice one should put their login credentials in .bash_profile. However I can't seem to find this on the Raspberry Pi.
And to retrieve this information one ...
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Unable to reset password on Raspberry Pi (Raspbian Jessie)
I'm trying to follow the directions in https://howtoraspberrypi.com/recover-password-raspberry-pi/.
(For future reference in case that tutorial disappears, here is the steps up to the point which I ...
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stumped on installation of Pi Light
I just installed pi light and NextCloud.
I have a broadcom 1Tb toughdrive attatched through a mains powered USB unit.
For some reason I cannot log in, it loads then asks for the username which i ...
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Entering long Wi-Fi password on commandline
I have Wi-Fi enabled but would prefer to paste in my Wi-Fi password rather than type it because it is very long. Can this be done and can I encrypt the password? I am running a dual boot and ...
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Raspbian GUI keeps asking for password
As indicated in the title, I'm having some issues when booting my RPi (3b).
More specificly, when loading the GUI desktop, it keeps asking me for my password. I give the correct one, it shows a black ...
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Forgot password for username pi [duplicate]
I need to authenticate so that I can use the VNC Server and Viewer and be able to access the Pi's screen from another computer. When I download the VNC Server I have to authenticate and enter a ...
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Raspbian Password Security
I'm building a Raspberry pi Raspbian server and wanted to know how secure the passwords are, as I intend to forward the port. Is it possible to SSH into a machine without the password?
Any input is ...
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change pi password on img before first boot, ssh [duplicate]
I want to be able to change the default pi:raspberry credentials on the image before first boot of a PiZero WH over the internet (phone hotspot, no home network). The default is a weak spot. I want to ...
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Password Manager for Raspberry (online AND offline access)
I'm searching for a good password manager. And yes, i know, google is full with tutorials for that kind of stuff. But all password managers i found, are only online usable. I need a solution where i ...
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connmanctl having problem with complex passphrase
The built in WiFi module seems to work fine, as it can connect to both of my open networks I created for testing, i.e. the 2.4GHz, and the 5.0GHz ones.
If I set a simple passphrase (i.e. contains ...
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remote multiple raspberry pi using ssh without password
I using
for i in <ip1> <ip2> ... <ipn>; do ssh pi@$ip sudo halt; done
to turn off multiple raspberry pi. But i don't want iput password one by one for a lot of raspberry pi. So ...
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Raspbian log in and password problem
What is the Raspbian login (word required first time)
ask password: what password is required to enter? Because it asks for a password the keyboard stops working again tty question will appear for ...
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How to disable requiring a password for mount USB - Flash drive
I cant find the answer, How can I disable requiring password to mount Flash drive, Just plug USB and open folder without password.
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Issues in removing password login Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2
NOTE : I have referenced lot of websites and referenced stack overflow
answers but its not working for me
I have set up ssh login for my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2 and its working like a breeze.
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Changing pi user password - reverts to default following reboot
I have a Raspberry Pi running Jessie that I'm using as a notification gateway.
If I SSH to it and change the user pi password, it appears to take and when I open a separate SSH session to it it ...
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Password Reset via init=/bin/sh Doesn't Work This Time
Previously I had to reset my password. I found an article on how to edit cmdline.txt and followed the directions and it worked. Later, I tried to install KODI on RP3 running Raspian Jessie. It ...
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Password resets on shutdown
First point I am completely new to the Raspberry Pi.
Having purchased a Raspberry Pi with the NOOBS SD card, I completed the basic install and have access to the Pi.
I wanted to have this accessible ...
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