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   Chris Green  wrote:   
   > I am getting very frustrated by stupid 'security'.  I simply want to   
   > install a new OS on a headless Pi and it's very close to impossible.   
   >   
   > I first tried to download an image and install it.  OK, it works but I   
   > can't log in because ther eis no longer a default user/password there   
   > even though I have enabled ssh.   
   >   
   > I can't us Pi Imager because it's very broken on Ubuntu:-   
      
   Does:   
      
   $ sudo apt install rpi-imager   
      
   not work for you?   
      
   It's been in Ubuntu since 22.04, possibly before that.   
      
   There is also   
      
   $ sudo snap install rpi-imager   
      
   which comes from https://github.com/waveform80/imager-snap/   
      
   > For goodness sake what awful earth shattering disasters are going to   
   > occur if I do create a Pi installation with default username and   
   > password?   
      
   Well, if you put that on the internet you're in for trouble.   
      
   More to the point it's now illegal to have default usernames and passwords   
   in the UK, so the RPi folks have to comply.   
      
   You are free to write the image to SD and then mount it and edit /etc/passwd   
   and /etc/shadow to change the login user/password if you so desire.   
      
   Theo   
      
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