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Expand Up @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ At the root of your SD card, create a file named `userconf.txt`.

This file should contain a single line of text, consisting of `<username>:<password>`: your desired username, followed immediately by a colon, followed immediately by an *encrypted* representation of the password you want to use.

NOTE: `<username>` must only contain lower-case letters, digits and hyphens, and must start with a letter. It must not be longer than 32 characters.

To generate the encrypted password, use https://www.openssl.org[OpenSSL] on another computer. Open a terminal and enter the following:

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