Subj : Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued
To   : The Natural Philosopher
From : Chris Townley
Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 13:37:28

On 27/01/2025 08:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 26/01/2025 22:52, Chris Townley wrote:
>> On 26/01/2025 20:37, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>> On 1/26/25 12:20, Chris Green wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there **really** such a big security issue with default login names
>>>> and passwords on Raspberry Pis?  Surely almost all of them are going
>>>> to be on home networks behind NAT routers and also surely no one is
>>>> going to (without thinking about it a bit!) put confidential data on
>>>> one.  Anyone installing any system which is going to be directly out
>>>> on the internet should be very aware of the risks and will do what's
>>>> required.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't know but there appear to be a few people who can't get their
>>> password into their Pi successfully.
>>>
>>
>> Most who cannot are people trying to use a foreign keyboard, which you
>> cannot set up in the imager
>>
> Why would you be using a keyboard at all on a headless Pi?
>

Clearly to access the Pi from another computer. Running headless doesn't
mean you don't way to access it

--
Chris

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