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Pi-Star => Pi-Star General Discussions => Topic started by: Robert K4WZV on April 27, 2019, 05:28:36 pm
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Here's another, simpler way to set/reset the password on your pi-star that I discovered (thanks to YL3IM). I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.
First, be sure that you have apache2-utils installed on your working linux/mac computer. You can quickly check if it's installed by typing (in a terminal, at the prompt):
man htpasswd
If the system displays the man entry, you're good to proceed to the next steps. If not, install the apache2-utils package.
Remove the SD card from the Rpi and mount it on your working system. Open a terminal window and navigate to
cd /<path to the sd card root partition>//var/www/
Now, type
sudo htpasswd .htpasswd pi-star
Of course, you'll first be asked for the sudo password. Then, you'll be prompted to change the password for user "pi-star" twice.
Once done, you can unmount the sd card, re-insert it into the Rpi and the user "pi-star" should now have the new password active. It's a good idea to do this if you haven't changed the password from the default "raspberry", especially with all the foreign hacking going on.
Good luck and 73
Keith/KI5US
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Joe,
This is my first stab at writing up the instructions, as we talked about on the radio this afternoon. I'm sure I probably missed something, so feel free to edit them. I hope you find them useful.
Purpose: This procedure outlines the steps to reset your Pi-Star password if you have forgotten it. This is the password you enter when you click the Configuration menu on the Pi-Star dashboard. This procedure saves you from re-imaging your SD card and starting over from scratch. This procedure cannot be done remotely. You need physical access to the Raspberry Pi that’s running your Pi-Star hotspot.
Requirements:
- You will need a monitor and keyboard connected to the Raspberry Pi that’s running your Pi-Star hotspot
- You will need another computer that’s capable of reading the SD card that has the Pi-Star image installed
Steps:
1. Power down your Raspberry Pi by unplugging the USB power cable
2. Remove the SD card from the Raspberry Pi
3. Insert the SD card into another computer. If you’re using a Windows computer for this step you will need to cancel any pop-ups asking if you want to format a disk.
4. Locate and open the following file on the SD card
cmdline.txt
5. Add a space and the following text to the end of the line
init=/bin/sh
6. Save the file
7. Safely eject the SD card from your computer
8. Connect a monitor and keyboard to your Raspberry Pi
9. Insert the SD card back into your Raspberry Pi
10. Plug the USB power cable into your Raspberry Pi
11. You should see a bunch of text scroll past on the monitor as the Raspberry Pi boots up
12. Once the Raspberry Pi as completed booting you should see a flashing cursor. Press the Enter key on the keyboard. You should be presented with a # sign prompt.
13. Type the following command at the # sign prompt. This will log you in as the root user with no password needed.
su
14. Type the following command
mount -t proc proc /proc
15. Type the following command (that’s an oh, not a zero)
mount -o remount,rw /
16. Type the following command
passwd pi-star
17. Follow the prompts to enter your new pi-star password
18. After resetting the pi-star password unplug the USB power cable
19. Remove the SD card
20. Insert the SD card into another computer. If you’re using a Windows computer for this step, you will need to cancel any pop-ups asking if you want to format a disk.
21. Locate and open the file named “cmdline.txt”
22. Locate the text below and delete it (this is the text you added in step 5, don’t forget to delete the space before the i)
init=/bin/sh
23. Save the file
24. Safely eject the SD card from your computer
25. Insert the SD card back into your Raspberry Pi
26. Plug the USB power cable into your Raspberry Pi. Your Raspberry Pi should boot up.
******* The following steps can be performed using the keyboard plugged into the Raspberry Pi or by connecting to the Raspberry Pi over SSH ********
27. Login with username pi-star and the new password you set in step 17
28. Type the following command
rpi-rw
29. Type the following command
sudo htpasswd -c /var/www/.htpasswd pi-star
30. Follow the prompts to enter the same pi-star password you entered on step 17
31. Type the following command
exit
32. Confirm you can login to the Pi-Star dashboard using the new password
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(Raises hand guiltily) Yeah, that was me who directed him to this post.
Once he's able to gain access via SSH, this should guide him "the rest of the way" (IE Allow him to change the actual dashboard password):
https://forum.pistar.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1572
tldr:
sudo htpasswd -c /var/www/.htpasswd pi-star
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I heard a conversion on TGIF earlier where a user was directed to this post for instructions on how to reset his Pi-Star dashboard password. The instructions posted here are for changing the pi user password on a standard installation of Raspbian. These instructions won't work for Pi-Star. For example, there is no pi user on Pi-Star. You can get the instructions to work if you change "passwd pi" to "passwd pi-star", and add "mount -t proc proc /proc" to the instructions. But be aware that only changes the pi-star password used to login at the terminal. It does not change the pi-star password used on the dashboard.
My suggestion would be to always back up your Pi-Star configuration -- using the Backup/Restore feature under the Configuration menu. If you forgot your password, re-image your SD card and start over from your backup file.
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The forum will not let me remove the first post in the topic for some reason. So ignore the procedure I first posted as it is incorrect. Read on for the correct procedure... Thanks to all who found this error as we strive to have correct information on the Forum.
73
Robert
K4WZV