AddingUsers:RPi
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Resources
Create a new user
The following notes assume you've setup you RPi and are logged in with an existing user who has sudo powers.
sudo adduser <newusername>
Here <newusername>
means select you own username for example. jack
.
Follow the on screen instructions to enter and confirm the users password, the additional information may be left blank by just hitting the return key.
Test the new user
Logout of the current user
logout
At the prompt login using <newusername> <code> and the password.
Super user powers
The new user does not have super user powers. <code>sudo powers can be authorised only by an existing sudo
user.
Logout, and back in at pi
.