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Change your default password

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Change your default password

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- [Instructor] Admin, pi, password, raspberry. This is the default username and password for every Raspberry Pi. That isn't a problem if your Raspberry Pi isn't connected to the internet, doesn't control any electronics, and is regularly reformatted, but when in doubt, it's best to change the password and username. And it's easy to do! So, why not? Hi, I'm Mark Niemann-Ross, and welcome to this week's edition of Raspberry Pi Weekly. Every week, we explore the Raspberry Pi, and share useful tips. To change your password, open raspi-config. Start up the Raspberry Menu in the upper-left hand corner, go to Preferences, and Raspberry Pi Configuration. The System tab starts with the password change button. Enter a new password. Confirm it. And you're done. But there are a few things you'll want to know about what you've done. First, you changed the password for user pi. You can confirm this by opening up a terminal window,…

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