Accessing to SBCs by USB

To connect into the SBC, attach the USB cable into the PC. Then, open the terminal and type:

$ ip addr
...

...
en10: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	ether f4:5e:ab:50:44:89
	inet6 fe80::10a6:8287:252f:1a43/64 secured scopeid 0x16
	inet 192.168.6.1/24 brd 192.168.6.255 en10
...	

you will obtain a lot of enX or awdlx devices, try to search for the new detected devices and specially the one with the ip 192.168.6.1 or 192.168.7.1 that belongs to the BeagleBone devices, and XXX for the Raspberry Pi.

Then, use the SSH protocol, from now ssh, to access the board computer (please change the ip address by your ip device)

$ ssh debian@192.168.6.2
Debian GNU/Linux 10

BeagleBoard.org Debian Buster IoT Image 2022-07-01
Support: https://bbb.io/debian
default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Thu Jul  7 07:08:40 2022 from 2806:2f0:5040:8572:7d51:e754:675:cd2a

Accessing the RPi4 by ssh

The SBCs can be accessed by ssh protocol if it is enable (disable by default at raspberry). Thus, we only need to know the SBC's ip or hostname. By default the raspberry Pi 4 is raspberry, but username and password is defined by the user (raspberry Pi imager). Then, to make ssh use:

$ ssh username@hostname.local  

or

$ ssh username@ip

Error connections

When getting the error:

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@       WARNING: POSSIBLE DNS SPOOFING DETECTED!          @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
The ECDSA host key for beaglebone.local has changed,
and the key for the corresponding IP address 2806:103e:5:50f4:3ad2:69ff:fef9:46b4

you have to edit the '.ssh/known_hosts' file, and delete the lien that contains the offending key and the corresponding IP address given the warning.

Changing the bb's or rpi4's hostname

First edit the /etc/hostname file by:

$ sudo vim /etc/hostname

change the first and only line in this file to reflect your new hostname.

Then, edit the /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       hostname.localdomain    hostname

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

change the second line in both hostname (127.0.1.1) instances for your new hostanme (must be the same previously defined).

Finally, reboot your beagle or raspberry device and try to make ssh to the new hostname.

Changing the user's password (Optional)

To change the default user's password use:

$ passwd
Changing password for debian.
Current password: temppwd
New password: xxxxxxx
...

SSH Key pairs

To create key pairs use:

$ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"
...
...
...

then copy the *.pub file generated:

$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub debian@bbb-marx.local
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: Source of key(s) to be installed: "/Users/gmarx/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub"
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
Debian GNU/Linux 10

BeagleBoard.org Debian Buster IoT Image 2022-07-01
Support: https://bbb.io/debian
default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

debian@bbb-marx.local's password:

Number of key(s) added:        1

Now try logging into the machine, with:   "ssh 'debian@bbb-marx.local'"
and check to make sure that only the key(s) you wanted were added.