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.)

The default passwords for different linux distributions are outlined below.

Distribution   | Username   | Password
---------------|------------|-------------
Debian Squeeze | pi         | raspberry
Arch           | root       | root
QtonPi         | root       | rootme
Raspbian       | pi         | raspberry
OpenElec       | root       | openelec
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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?
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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 forgot the password to login. What should I do?
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Raspbian root default password

I tried to modify the sudoers file on Raspbian /etc/sudoers , and it looks like I made a mistake, as I'm unable to modify it again. I am also unable to call any command that requires sudo permissions. So I have done some research and I found a…
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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 password prompt in the console.
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Change/reset password WITHOUT monitor/keyboard

I forgot the password to my Pi, but don't have access to a compatible monitor/keyboard. I've seen methods like these but they all involve editing cmdline.txt and then booting with a monitor and keyboard attached to run passwd pi from the main…
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Where is the wifi password stored on Raspbian?

Say I type in my wifi password and press "Remember" or something. It should store it, either as a hash or plain text, in a file somewhere. Where is that file? Is it stored as a hash or plain text?
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Forgot password for username pi

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 password for the username "pi" . The password is not…
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NOOBS recovery password

I have installed a new kernel, but for some reason, it won't boot. I generated the kernel.img with imagetool-uncompressed.py , but now my Raspberry Pi fails to boot. I have made a backup of the old kernel.img , and want to restore it. I need to know…
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How to change a password

I'm trying to change the password on my RPi 3. I've tried sudo passwd and it gets me to the screen where I can enter a new password, but then the terminal stops letting me type. Does anyone know how to work around this? I've also tried sudo…
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Default username/password for CentOS 7 on Raspberry Pi

What is the default username and password for CentOS 7 for Raspberry Pi?
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User and password

I just installed Raspian Jessie lite date 4-10-17. All articles state the username and password are "pi" and "rasberry". These do not work. What is the correct user and password?
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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 only ASCII lowercase letters) to these networks it…
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I have just returned to my Raspberry Pi after a year and can't remember my login

After sitting in the depths of my project desk for a year or so, a Raspberry Pi model B turned up that has data I want to save. It boots up but I deleted the pi user for security reasons and can't remember the username I set. There is a ton of…
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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 dash: _ stops for a sec when I type in a letter on…
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Protect my motion webcam stream with a password (motion.conf)

I set up a webcam server using motion . The video is correctly streamed to Internet. Now I would like to protect the stream with a password: I don't want unknown people to spy on me! I don't know how to do this. In motion.conf , there are…
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