Pi-Password

Raspberry-Pi : Password Reset-Pi

It happens... In order to connect to the Pi remotely it is strongly recommended to change

the password. You probably have several SD cards, maybe different passwords, ID's and

next thing you know you forgot which password for which Micro SD.

Need to reset the password on the Raspberry Pi

Step 1

Since you can't access the Pi anyway... remove the Micro SD and plug into another PC / Raspberry Pi / Mac / Android so that you can edit the Micro SD card.

Step 2

Edit the file cmdline.txt in the boot partition  (See Connect page for the Notepad++ app. )

Add  init=/bin/sh  to the end of the line. Do NOT hit the Enter key, just save

Step 3

You may now eject and put the MicroSD into the Pi and power it up

Step 4

When you get to a prompt enter the following

mount -o remount, rw /

if you get any errors just try it again.

you may now run the password utility

passwd pi

Enter new UNIX password:

Retype new UNIX password:

passwd: password updated successfully

Now type

sync

exec /sbin/init

and finally

sudo halt

Step 5

Remove the MicroSD card, and edit the cmdline.txt file

and remove init=/bin/sh .