Subj : Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued
To   : Chris Townley
From : The Natural Philosopher
Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 14:10:20

On 27/01/2025 13:37, Chris Townley wrote:
> 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
>
Then you are not using it on the Pi are you? But on a different
machine...that is configured to use its keycodes already...
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