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    WINSCP and pi password

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @ruicunha
      last edited by

      @ruicunha Are you using an IP address or a hostname to connect ? Could it be that the IP address is no longer valid ?

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        ruicunha
        last edited by

        Its the same ip has the one i see on pi. i get this also
        O servidor rejeitou conexão SFTP, mas aceita conexões FTP.

        Pretendia utilizar o protocolo FTP em vez do SFTP? Prefira ao utilizar encriptação.

        sorry for the diferent language

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        • R
          ruicunha
          last edited by ruicunha

          ill reinstall everything, password seems to be the problem.

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          • R
            ruicunha
            last edited by

            Still cant connect.
            I connect to wifi
            enable ssh
            instaled winscp
            use hostname RETROPIE or the pi ip
            then asks for password and i get always acess denied.

            It used to work, now i cannot login, dont know what im doing wrong.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @ruicunha
              last edited by

              @ruicunha What password are you using ? It's the default (raspberry) or did you change it ?

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                ruicunha
                last edited by ruicunha

                default didnt worked, i changed to RASPBERRY, even with other passwords it doesnt connect, its driving me mad, i can acess the rom folder and place roms but canT acess winscp.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @ruicunha
                  last edited by

                  @ruicunha You could check the /var/log/auth.log file to see why the authentication is not working. Should show something like the line below if the password is not correct.

                   retropie sshd[9768]: Failed password for pi from <IP_ADDRESS> port 51284 ssh2
                  
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                    ruicunha
                    last edited by

                    how do i acess that?

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost
                      last edited by cyperghost

                      @ruicunha You can insert the SD card into card reader and then use tools like Linux Reader or Ext2FS to access unix file systems.

                      You can also install a live unix system like Puppy linux, Ubuntu Live System ... but I made best experience with Linux Reader

                      https://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

                      Easiest method:
                      Just connect a keyboard to your Pie
                      Then Quit ES and you get terminal access
                      then type nano /var/log/auth.log

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @ruicunha
                        last edited by

                        @ruicunha You can see the auth.log file from the terminal, after existing Emulationstation:

                        sudo tail /var/log/auth.log
                        

                        How did you change the password for the Pi user ?

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                          ruicunha
                          last edited by ruicunha

                          I got Failed password for invalid user PI from

                          I changed password inside raspberry setup in retropie, ill try and use numbers for password.

                          Guys thanks for the help, i hope i can fix this.

                          I change to numbers from the pi command line and still it doesnt connect.

                          i remember that on my 1st attempt when it worked i had to change the password to RASPBERRY, but now even if i change it i cannot connect. I dont know what i need to do.

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                            ruicunha
                            last edited by ruicunha

                            I got it, man im so stupid, i was using PI instead of pi. My god it took me an entire day, thanks for the help guys.

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