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User accounts allow multiple users to work at one multi-user system. They are identified by a username. Multiple accounts allow for adjustment of access to system files, e.g. a the special account of the superuser for system administration can make unrestricted system-wide changes. An account with reduced privileges is therefore recommended for the day-to-day use of system to prevent unintentional changes (see also su and sudo).

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how to create new user in Raspberry PI who has equal privileges as default user: pi?

I am new to Raspberry PI. I need to create new user in Raspberry PI in Raspbian distro, but I would like to have different username but with equal or same level of privileges? How could I do it?
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Can't delete pi user on Raspbian

I have made a new Raspbian installation. All good. I wanted to delete pi user and make another user with same privileges (lets say gordon). So first I enabled direct ssh access to user root by doing this: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config ...and…
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Default username/password for CentOS 7 on Raspberry Pi

What is the default username and password for CentOS 7 for Raspberry Pi?
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User and password

I just installed Raspian Jessie lite date 4-10-17. All articles state the username and password are "pi" and "rasberry". These do not work. What is the correct user and password?
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How to write to files in /var/www (after installing lighttpd)

I've just successfully installed lighttpd, but I've stumbled at the first stage when trying to create my own HTML file. I try to write to /var/www but I get permission denied. I've got a feeling it's to do with the ownership of /var (root:root), but…
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I have just returned to my Raspberry Pi after a year and can't remember my login

After sitting in the depths of my project desk for a year or so, a Raspberry Pi model B turned up that has data I want to save. It boots up but I deleted the pi user for security reasons and can't remember the username I set. There is a ton of…
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Make VNC login as User Pi rather than ROOT

How can I make VNC on Raspbian run as User Pi rather than Root? I have tried to follow a few "simple" instructions on the internet but none of them give me any working results, and I eventually ended up breaking my VNC on my Raspberry Pi 2.
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Boot into the GUI after changing default user

I changed the default username using usermod from pi, but since raspi-config assumes the user is "pi", I am now unable to have it automatically boot into the GUI. Is there another way to do this other than manually starting X?
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What is the purpose of group "staff"?

What is the purpose of group "staff"? Interestingly, note that the set user or group ID on execution (s) bit is set. michael@greenbeanDev:~ $ ls -l /usr total 72 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 28672 May 26 13:10 bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 7 …
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Black screen after deleting 'pi' user

I'm using BerryBoot as my bootloader and newest Raspbian as my OS. In order to make things more secure, I've created new root user using this tutorial: LINK and then I changed my auto login username with this thread's help: Another LINK. When I…
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No HDMI audio when logged in as a new user

Sound over HDMI works fine when I login as the default user pi. I created a new user named for example user1 If I login as this user, no sound plays through hdmi. I then added this user to most groups the pi user belongs to, such as audio, video,…
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Where is Raspberry Pi "Logout after inactivity" configuration

I recently downloaded and installed a standard Raspbian OS environment on my Pi. On my Ubuntu Laptop, "Logout after inactivity" is a standard setting, which I like a lot. This is not active on my Pi, and if I do nothing with my Pi for a long period…
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Set permissions and group for /dev/gpiomem permanently

I need to allow my user access to the GPIO pins and found following solution. Access GPIO pins without root. No access to /dev/mem. Try running as root! This works perfectly. All I need to do is execute following commands to set the group and…
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Why does LXDE log-out take me to a slightly different desktop?

I have a headless Raspbian installation, configured to boot directly to the graphical desktop. If I VNC into it, I have an option to "log out," presumably of LXDE. When I click this button and confirm that I want to log out, I don't get sent to a…
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Touch Screen Interactive setup

Just starting out as a pi developer and I was looking for any advice anyone might have for getting an touchscreen to work with Raspbian? I need to be really restrictive on what a user can do on this touchscreen so any advice on how to begin this…
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