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    Password for using ssh in terminal on mac?

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      worcesterthecat
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      alright i'm really struggling to get the retro pie up and running... in terminal I type "ssh retropie" then it asks for a password. it comes up as (my first and last name)@retropie i suppose because that is the name of my mac. I've tried the password i use for my mac, raspberry, my routers password, i tried changing the password in the raspherry pi software config tool and still get denied... So what the heck is it?

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      • HyruleslinkH
        Hyruleslink @worcesterthecat
        last edited by

        @worcesterthecat raspberry

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @worcesterthecat
          last edited by

          @worcesterthecat You forgot to input the username. The username on the remote system is 'pi', not your (my first and last name) as you say.

          Either use

          ssh pi@retropie
          

          or

          ssh -lpi retropie
          

          when you're trying to connect.

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            worcesterthecat @Hyruleslink
            last edited by

            @hyruleslink said in Password for using ssh in terminal on mac?:

            @worcesterthecat raspberry

            like i said i tried that and no dice.

            @mitu said in Password for using ssh in terminal on mac?:

            @worcesterthecat You forgot to input the username. The username on the remote system is 'pi', not your (my first and last name) as you say.

            Either use

            ssh pi@retropie
            

            or

            ssh -lpi retropie
            

            when you're trying to connect.

            it doesnt give me an option it just puts that in automatically

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            • HyruleslinkH
              Hyruleslink @worcesterthecat
              last edited by

              @worcesterthecat whoops, sorry. I must have over looked that when reading the op.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @worcesterthecat
                last edited by mitu

                @worcesterthecat If you're using the ssh pi@retropie command, your username is set to pi, so there is no option to select, just input the password.

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                  worcesterthecat @mitu
                  last edited by worcesterthecat

                  @mitu said in Password for using ssh in terminal on mac?:

                  @worcesterthecat If you're using the ssh pi@retropie command, your username is set to pi, so there is no option to select, just input the password.

                  oooooh! that worked thanks!

                  weird that no tutorial i read seemed to state that... or maybe i just missed it

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                  • demesauceD
                    demesauce Banned
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                    What are you using to SSH in the Pi? You should be using Terminal, comes pre-installed on all macs. Open terminal and type: ssh pi@192.168.5.25 (but use whatever your Pi's IP address is) password is: raspberry

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