SSH into pi trouble shooting

[cmann123]

Trying to SSH (for headless setup) into my pi for the first time, its been set up, enabled SSH on the setting and also the username and password has been changed.

using the command
ssh "username@xxx.xxx.x.x"

obviously replacing the username with mine and the ip address of the device in the provided command.

all went expected, was asked yes/no to accept the key, was then prompted to provide the password for the pi. when i entered the password i was provided with "permission denied, please try again". I have entered the password numerous times incase of human errors but still nothing, i even tried raspberry and that shows the same. i am 99% certain i did not enter the password incorrectly when i changed it as i was extra careful and was requested to enter twice for compatibility.

using raspian lite. Hope any of this helps!

[topguy]

And the user you are trying to log in as is NOT root ? Did you create a new user ? Maybe verify that you can log in as "pi" and standard password before messing with it.

What kind of machine are you logging in from ? I guess you can add "-v" to the ssh command to see more information.

[cmann123]

thanks for you reply, i cant remember how i done it but it worked out in the end, thanks for your help anyway

[jahboater]

You can avoid using passwords at all (and improve security) by using public key authentication.
On your PC type:

ssh-keygen -t rsa
ssh-copy-id user@host