What user does RetroPi run under?

frizzo

I installed RetroPi on my Raspberry Pi and on startup the EmulationStation launches and works fine.

I have 2 questions:

What user the EmulationStation is running under.
Does the installation create some account that auto logs into the system?

sleve_mcdichael

@frizzo the installation doesn't create any account. If you install manually it is installed under the current user. If you use the premade image it is configured as user pi.

frizzo

@sleve_mcdichael Are you sure? It auto logs in. But when I SSH into the RPi using the pi user, I have to provide a password. Wouldn't that indicate that it's another account that is setup for auto-login?

mitu

@frizzo said in What user does RetroPi run under?:

Wouldn't that indicate that it's another account that is setup for auto-login?

Why the auto-login account can't be pi ? If you exit EmulationStation (without rebooting), you'll be presented with the command line prompt, where you can check what's your logged in user - using whoami. On the pre-made image from https://retropie.org.uk/download, that user is pi.

Note: the fact that auto-login works on the console (and start EmulationStation) doesn't mean the user doesn't have a password set.

sleve_mcdichael

@frizzo said in What user does RetroPi run under?:

@sleve_mcdichael Are you sure?

Yes.

It auto logs in. But when I SSH into the RPi using the pi user, I have to provide a password.

The password, if you haven't changed it, is raspberry. As configured by default, this is not required on the local terminal, only for remote logins.