Why does SFTP "pi" sometimes fail to login?
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When I connect to my Pi4b running Raspian/ES I often find that the "pi/raspberry" user can't login. I can connect to the device, put in my username, but all attempts at a password will result in Access Denied. I get around this by logging in as root, but that has other consequences so I'd like to get to the bottom of this.
I find this same outcome using Putty or Filezilla.
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You're either typing the password wrong or you changed the
pi's user password ? -
@mitu I absolutely don't recall changing either. Very odd. I must be changing passwords in my sleep. hehe
Thankfully I have root access. I logged in with that, types 'passwd pi' and just put the default one back in there. All good now.
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@agrajag
When using SFTP, it is HIGHLY recommended to change the default password.
If you are sure you didn't change the password, maybe somebody else did. 🤔 -
@majorocd Heck of a point....
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