Skip to content

Commit dc77b8f

Browse files
authored
Update default password for X8
With new image versions, X8 does not come with default password anymore
1 parent fe44517 commit dc77b8f

File tree

1 file changed

+10
-4
lines changed
  • content/hardware/04.pro/boards/portenta-x8/tutorials/01.user-manual

1 file changed

+10
-4
lines changed

content/hardware/04.pro/boards/portenta-x8/tutorials/01.user-manual/content.md

+10-4
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ chmod +x 399-install-update
302302
sudo ./399-install-update
303303
```
304304

305-
Remember that the default password for admin access is `fio`.
305+
Remember to set a new admin password at your first access.
306+
307+
***For image versions earlier than 844, the default password for admin access is `fio`.***
306308

307309
Now you need to reboot the board by pressing its pushbutton for around 10 seconds. After that, connect again to your Portenta X8 through the Command Line and type the following commands:
308310

@@ -759,15 +761,19 @@ At this point, you can type `adb shell` to start communicating with your Portent
759761

760762
As it is a Linux device, you can do tasks like creating files, changing directories, etc.
761763

762-
To gain admin (root) access, type `sudo su -` and the password, which by default is `fio`. After that, the terminal prefix should turn red.
764+
To gain admin (root) access, type `sudo su -` and set your own password.
765+
766+
***For image versions earlier than 844, the default password for admin access is `fio`.***
767+
768+
After that, the terminal prefix should turn red.
763769

764770
![ADB shell with admin access](assets/adb-sudo-su.png "ADB shell with admin access")
765771

766772
You can now freely program your Portenta X8 Linux OS. In the sections below you can check some basic commands to get started.
767773

768774
### Change Default User Password
769775

770-
Your Portenta X8 comes with the default user fio with password fio.
776+
For image versions earlier than 844, our Portenta X8 comes with the default user fio with password fio.
771777

772778
For security reasons, we strongly suggest changing the default password. To do so, when logged in to your Portenta X8, launch this command to change the password of the fio account:
773779

@@ -1215,7 +1221,7 @@ Open Portenta X8 Shell as explained [here](#working-with-linux).
12151221
sudo modprobe spi-dev
12161222
```
12171223

1218-
Insert the user password `fio`.
1224+
Insert the user password.
12191225

12201226
An upcoming image release for the X8 will load the `spi-dev` modules automatically at boot. In the current version, please create a `/etc/modules-load.d/spi-dev.conf` file with the following content:
12211227

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)