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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:36 +0100
Message-Id: <D7320PM9TEQE.OTBR7IAXD54V@pwned.life>
Subject: Re: Pi5 Installation v 3.21 from SD - need initial password for
 root (SSH)
From: "fossdd" <fossdd@pwned.life>
To: <gerald@pechoc.eu>, <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org>
References: <d16bae36-1612-431a-b352-d8a7ef42c480@pechoc.eu>
In-Reply-To: <d16bae36-1612-431a-b352-d8a7ef42c480@pechoc.eu>

On Thu Jan 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM CET, Gerald Pechoc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install Alpine Linux 3.21 from SD-Card on Pi5. The card was=20
> prepared with Pi-Imager.
> All seems to work fine, Pi is booting and because of DHCP-fix address I=
=20
> could start SSH root@[ip-addr] but the hint I found very frequently in=20
> internet search results =E2=80=93 user root, no password =E2=80=93 is no =
longer valid=20
> for version 3.21.
>
> Does anybody know which is the correct password for the installation?
> I have guessed some passwords, but I was not very lucky with that.

I'm pretty sure it's still having no password. Are you sure you're
connecting to the correct machine?

Can you maybe connect with a display to the rpi and troubleshoot
further?

>
> Many thanks
> Gerald