Pi5 secure shell issue

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Hey brains trust. im setting up a new pi5 wanting to use as a nas. its all set up except it wont let me ssh in from my macbook. the password and user are correct but when i enter the details i just get sorry, try again.

i have managed to get in when i wore the pi direct to the mac but once i reboot after connecting to my router it wont let me in again.

it has also failed at making the IP static. i do not know where im going wrong.

help please

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Hi there, @Peter299741, and welcome to the forum, glad to have you here.

Two things off the top of my head:

  1. Making the Pi’s address static can be a bit confusing using BASH or even the GUI. I find the best way is to connect to your router, find the list of connected devices, find your Pi and then set a static address for it in the router. Then flush the dhcp information on the Pi and it should get the static address when using DHCP. I find it to be a cleaner more newb friendly setup.
  2. If you’ve arrived at the authorisation stage and are not being let through there are three possibilities: the username is wrong, the password is wrong, the keyboard settings on a computer are whack. Usually a fresh SD flash and triple checking username and password solves that for me. I misremember or mistype passwords all the time… :confused:
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Jane thank you so much. i have added the static ip to the router. i have reset my password several times and it doesn’t change the ‘sorry, try again’ error :disappointed_face:

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Hey, Peter299741,

My I ask what happens when you try username ‘root’ and your password?

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im not asked to put in the username as it auto logs in. ill switch that and try again.

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ok when logging in as root i get the root@peteypi:~#

not sure if thats what i want here but it looks logged in

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Oooh, that almost is.

Technically you shouldn’t be root all the time, as its a security risk, but now that you are in you can make a new user via the below command.

sudo adduser <username> sudo

It will ask you for a password after this.

Then when SSHing into the pi, the usual syntax is username@IPAddress

Then you should be good to go. :slight_smile:

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is that not the user i set up in the pi imager from the start?

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No, rather than having root privileges for all accounts by default, users with ‘sudo’ privileges can temporarily become root when they use the ‘sudo’ keyword at the start of a command.

The best way I can think to explain it is that rather than you working on the Command Centre all the time, you work on your PC and only remote shell a single command into the Command Centre when you need to.

It’s just more secure to keep the administrative account separate even when you are technically the Administrator.

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well wonderful news i have ssh up and running. champagne for all. now to get my shares working!

thank you so much!

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Glad to hear it, Peter. <3