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Pre-configured SD-card fro Raspberry Pi, any idea of root password?

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Hi  there,

 

I read somewhere that the user name and password was pi/raspberry and so managed to get access to the card, expanded its memory to the full card .. even ran startx and engaged a desktop ...

 

However, no matter what I try, I cannot guess the password for root ... it must be standard on the image that is preinstalled on the CD card, but what is it?

 

Thanks,
Dave

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    By default, GNU/Linux does not have a password for root.  This helps prevent hackers from getting root access to a computer by knowing the user name "root" and then guessing its password.

     

    Instead, use "sudo command" to run command as root.  For example, to change the date use "sudo date" and to shut down use: "sudo shutdown -h now".  "sudo" only works if you're an "authorized" user like "pi".  You can create other users who aren't authorized.

  • 0 in reply to johnbeetem

    >By default, GNU/Linux does not have a password for root.

     

    This is simply not correct. Most distros that I know of , except Unbutu (and its derivitives ?) have a root password. Usually the default password is root, which should be

    changed immediately after installation. sudo was never ment to completely replace root. It was ment to allow selected users restricted acess to programs that can

    normally only be run by root. A configuration file in /etc that can only be edited by root (or an unrestricted  sudo user) selects which root programs a user can run using

    sudo. Giving any user unrestricted access to run all root programs using sudo is no safer than having a root user. User names are usually easy to guess (easier when

    it is already known, such as pi) and once you have  that with unresricted sudo you effectively have a root user.

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  • 0 in reply to johnbeetem

    >By default, GNU/Linux does not have a password for root.

     

    This is simply not correct. Most distros that I know of , except Unbutu (and its derivitives ?) have a root password. Usually the default password is root, which should be

    changed immediately after installation. sudo was never ment to completely replace root. It was ment to allow selected users restricted acess to programs that can

    normally only be run by root. A configuration file in /etc that can only be edited by root (or an unrestricted  sudo user) selects which root programs a user can run using

    sudo. Giving any user unrestricted access to run all root programs using sudo is no safer than having a root user. User names are usually easy to guess (easier when

    it is already known, such as pi) and once you have  that with unresricted sudo you effectively have a root user.

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