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   Theo  wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   Who puts a 'naked' Raspberry Pi on the internet?  99.999% of them will   
   either be stand-alone systems not connected to anything or will be on   
   a home LAN behind NAT and a firewall.   
      
   Yes, I did find I could install rpi-imager from the Ubuntu   
   repositories, that's how I managed to get installed in the end.   
      
      
   > More to the point it's now illegal to have default usernames and passwords   
   > in the UK, so the RPi folks have to comply.   
   >   
   How about no password, would that be OK? :-)   
      
   --   
   Chris Green   
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