Setting up a raspberry pi.

raspberrypi-guide.md

Quick Start for Raspberry Pi

Initial setup

Basic setup involves:

• Install dotfiles.
• Change the hostname.
• Change the timezone and locale.

Refer to the generic guide for additional common setup instructions e.g., configuring the default editor.

Lock the old user

After creating a new user and verifying that passwordless SSH works, lock the old pi user account:

sudo passwd --expire --lock pi

Wifi connection

See also: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md

Ensure the wpasupplicant is installed (it should already be).

Verify the network is visible:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Append the network credentials to the configuration file:

sudo vim /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

by adding:

network={
    ssid="The_ESSID_from_earlier"
    psk="Your_wifi_password"
}

Restarting the wireless adapter is probably needed:

sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup wlan0

View the results with watch ifconfig.