[What are you using your Orange Pi Zero for?]

torrent download, transmission

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And now I remember that you can connect via ttl serial with a pl2303 converter. 

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Well, I forgot that detail. 0:) My opizero is connected and old TV with the expansion board. I suggest to log in blind, set a real simple password as 1234 and then log in via ssh and set a real password. 

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try to log in via keyboard, not ssh. 

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The file is /etc/shadow, there will be lines like:

 

user:asdfasdfasdf$$$$asdfasdfasdfsadfasdf::17178:0:98899:7:::

anotheruser:asdfasdfasdf$$$$asdfasdfasdfsadfasdf::17178:0:98899:7:::

systemd-timesync:*:17199:0:94499:7:::

systemd-bus-proxy:*:17199:0:94449:7:::
messagebus:*:17199:0:93459:7:::
ntp:*:17199:0:23499:7:::

(...)

You must remove the second field as:

user::17178:0:98899:7:::

 

Then boot, press enter on prompt for password and once login in, change password with passwd. 

 

Make a copy in case things go south.