Description
This is a basic setup guide for removing the default Pi user on the Raspberry Pi OS.
Requirements
You can obtain the latest copy of Raspberry Pi OS here:
- Lite (headless): https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_arm64/images/
- Full (desktop): https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_arm64/images/
Steps
Create New User
sudo adduser <username>
Add Permissions and Groups for the New User
To add all the same settings and groups as the default pi user, enter the following command,
sudo usermod -a -G adm,dialout,cdrom,sudo,audio,video,plugdev,games,users,input,netdev,gpio,i2c,spi <username>
Logout and login as the <new user>
Remove the defualt Pi user
Close any pi user processes,
sudo pkill -u pi
Remove the pi user and pi home folder
sudo deluser -remove-home pi
Remove Sudo file
sudo rm /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd