Setting up remote login

To control the robot remotely, we need to set up remote login access, that is, enable the SSH access. Secure Shell (SSH), and it is a protocol that enables remote access of a computer. The SSH access is disabled by default on the Raspbian operating system for security reasons. In this section, we will enable the SSH access to the Raspberry Pi Zero and change the Raspberry Pi Zero's default password.

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If you are not familiar with the SSH access, we have provided a quick tutorial in Chapter 11, Tips and Tricks. We would like to keep the focus on building the robot in this chapter.

Changing the password

Before we enable the SSH access, we need to change the default password of the Raspberry Pi Zero. This is to avoid any potential threat to your computer and your robot! We have advocated changing default passwords on multiple occasions in this chapter. Default passwords have wreaked havoc across the Internet.

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