On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 13:01:51 +0100, Peter Percival wrote:

> Peter Percival wrote:
>> login pi
>>
>> gets the response
>>
>> login: Cannot possibly work without effective root
>>
>> I have created an account Peter according to the instructions in Upton
>> &
>> Halfacree's /Raspberry Pi User Guide/, page 54
>>
>> login Peter
>>
>> gets the same response as above.
>
> All sorted, and root password set too.  Thanks for the help.

If you do a web search for something like 'raspberry pi free e-books'
you'll find several beginner type books that will help to give a basic
understanding of linux commands. Also, the newest raspbian image has
added a 'first boot wizard' which you might find useful. You should be
able to install it to an existing card with 'sudo apt-get install piwiz'
and then run with 'sudo piwiz'. See raspberrypi.org/blog for more info on
that.

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