Re: Can't get into headless pi, password not 'raspberry'

In article <jtch6l-udb2.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu>,
   Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:

 

Question if I may? How do you get to the /etc/shadow file if you
can't log in to the pi?
 

By editing it in the file system that appears when you plug the USB
stick into a PC, easy! :-)

Erm, not here!

My PC can read and write the FAT32 bootFS which is how I can add both
SSH and userconf files. But the other partition, ext4 rootfs is
invisible on my PC.

Probably a couple of years ago now I created my own userconf file
which along with an empty SSH file I drop into a newly burnt SD
card. This works just fine for me but I would love to know how
get to anything on the other partition without logging in. I am
unaware of any way to see the main partition when the SD card is
plugged into a PC.
 

Both partitions appear when I plug it into my Linux boxes, e.g. when
this particular USB is plugged in I see:-

    /media/chris/Transcend/rootfs
    /media/chris/Transcend/bootfs

Oh, So you mean a Linux PC, that I can believe but I don't know
anyone who has such a beast, I've not even seen one. Apple-mac or
Windows without exception in my acquaintances and all would think a
'PC' meant windows.

Before anyone makes the obvious claim, in my eyes a pi doesn't
qualify as a PC.

Bob.