Subj : Re: Can't get into headless pi, password not 'raspberry'
To   : Bob Latham
From : Chris Green
Date : Sun Jan 26 2025 09:46:59

Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <vn45o5$37klv$5@dont-email.me>,
>    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:34:53 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
>
> > > I can edit files on the USB drive OK so I can add and modify
> > > entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. So all I actually need to
> > > do is set it up so the user 'pi' has no password but I'm not
> > > doing too well at doing that at the moment.
>
> > Try putting this in the password field in the /etc/shadow file:
>
> >     $y$j9T$7FOBvVykAYTWGfCHpB2tJ.$/cOEl5X64TU2daBOxeP.hfgF90h23GeLBxFmJI0TVP4
>
> > (that?s a hash for ?raspberry?.)
>
> > The hash was produced with my code from here
> > <https://gitlab.com/ldo/nixcrypt>. The various hash algorithms that
> > should be available are documented here
> > <https://manpages.debian.org/crypt(5)>.
>
> Question if I may? How do you get to the /etc/shadow file if you
> can't log in to the pi?
>
By editing it in the file system that appears when you plug the USB stick
into a PC, easy! :-)

> Probably a couple of years ago now I created my own userconf file
> which along with an empty SSH file I drop into a newly burnt SD card.
> This works just fine for me but I would love to know how get to
> anything on the other partition without logging in. I am unaware of
> any way to see the main partition when the SD card is plugged into a
> PC.
>
Both partitions appear when I plug it into my Linux boxes, e.g. when
this particular USB is plugged in I see:-

    /media/chris/Transcend/rootfs
    /media/chris/Transcend/bootfs

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Chris Green
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