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title: Raspberry Pi breadcrumbs:

  • title: Configuration
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Raspbian Basic Setup

  • Default credentials: Username pi, password raspberry.
  • Configure through the menu: raspi-config
    • Go through all the options.
    • Locale and default locale: Use en_US.UTF-8.
    • Disable all interfaces except SSH (disable SSH too if not needed).
    • If a black border is present, disable overscan.
  • Upgrade the system: apt update && apt upgrade
  • Install packages: vim htop screen
  • Add personal admin user:
    • Create user: adduser <user>
    • Add SSH key (from a GitHub user in this case):
    • cd /home/<user>
    • mkdir .ssh
    • curl https://github.com/<user>.keys >> .ssh/authorized_keys
    • chown -R <user>:<user> .ssh
    • chmod 700 .ssh and chmod 600 .ssh/*
    • Make user sudoer: usermod -aG sudo <user>
    • Let user see system logs: usermod -aG systemd-journal <user>
    • Try loggin into the user locally and through SSH
  • Delete default user: deluser pi
  • Configure SSHD:
    • PermitRootLogin no
    • PasswordAuthentication no
    • AllowTcpForwarding no
    • GatewayPorts no
    • AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
    • Restart sshd and try to open a new session.
  • Remove the MOTD: > /etc/motd

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