- **Epistemic status:** #budding When you boot your Raspberry Pi that has Raspbian [[Linux]] as the OS, you will get a login screen. If it hasn't been configured previously, you can use the default login and password that Rasbian sets for you: ```bash user: pi password: raspberry ``` ## Managing User Credentials For security reasons, the default information cannot be left or anybody that has access to your network can log in to your device. You can [[Create a new user in Linux]] and then [[Add a user to the sudo group in Linux]] if you wish to have a different username. The `pi` user you can either [[Delete a user in Linux]] or [[Change password of a user in Linux]] that way the device is secured. ## Optional Steps - [[Change the hostname in Linux]] - [[Set a static IP for your system in Linux]] - [[Set up SSH for your system in Linux]] --- ## References - “Projects | Computer Coding for Kids and Teens | Raspberry Pi.” Accessed May 10, 2022. <https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/noobs-install>. - MUO. “What’s the Default Username and Password for Raspberry Pi Raspbian?,” December 12, 2019. <https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/raspbian-default-password/>.