Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Townley Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:37:28 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:37:29 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d58fff9b07a440ba90dc5ef763481eb5"; logging-data="962025"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/PMtQiW/VAwtptnYDw5A2f0roM1q7aYK0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZVLPuNHqL4+D1Nyti8b7zKIEILo= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2278 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