# Cubox-m Debian password not working -- is there a new user/password? **URL:** \ **Category:** NXP i.MX8M Plus\ **Created:** [January 9, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958 "2025-01-09T18:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rmoorewrs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@rmoorewrs](https://community.solid-run.com/u/rmoorewrs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958/1 "2025-01-09T18:58:21Z")
**TL;DR** : got a new Cubox-M, got Debian booting but the advertised user/password of “debian/debian” is rejected – has the user/password perhaps been changed without updating the documentation? 99.999% sure I’m not mis-typing (many attempts + reboots + re-flash the microSD card several times, no change). More detail: just received a Cubox-M (i.mx8M-plus) and followed the [SolidRun Cubox-M quickstart guide here](https://solidrun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/developer/pages/200015887/CuBox-M+Quick+Start+Guide), using the recommended Debian image per instructions in the guide: ```auto $ wget https://solid-run-images.sos-de-fra-1.exo.io/IMX8/imx8mp_build/build_date_20240617-rev_87b97f9/imx8mp-sdhc-debian-87b97f9.img.xz $ xz -dc imx8mp-sdhc-debian-87b97f9.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4k conv=fdatasync ``` The Cubox-M boots up and I get a login prompt on the serial port and on the HDMI/keyboard side. When entering debian/debian for the user/password, it always fails. I can build my own Yocto image or figure out the workaround of adding `init=/usr/bin/sh` to the kernel boot line via u-boot, but if someone knows the new, correct user and password I’d appreciate it. Thanks, Rich ---
**Author:** ![rmoorewrs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@rmoorewrs](https://community.solid-run.com/u/rmoorewrs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958/2 "2025-01-09T21:46:00Z")
OK, I was able to force my way in and create a root password. FWIW, there doesn’t appear to be any users at all (aside from `root`) so something is wrong with this image. The `/home` directory is completely empty, no `debian` user as expected. ---
**Author:** ![jnettlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/jnettlet/32/62_2.png) [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958/3 "2025-01-10T16:10:55Z")
This was a change in recent CI builds. root/root should work. If there are future changes we will include them in the README.md for the build. ---
**Author:** ![rmoorewrs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@rmoorewrs](https://community.solid-run.com/u/rmoorewrs)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958/4 "2025-01-10T21:01:30Z")
OK, I could swear that I tried root/root but maybe not. In any case, doing the old trick of adding init=/usr/bin/sh to the kernel command line did the trick ---
**Author:** ![jnettlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/jnettlet/32/62_2.png) [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958/5 "2025-01-11T04:33:50Z")
okay I will double check with the devs building the images. At one point they were discussing changing it back to debian/debian. glad you got in and have a working system. ---
**Author:** ![rmoorewrs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@rmoorewrs](https://community.solid-run.com/u/rmoorewrs)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958/6 "2025-01-11T19:35:03Z")
great! thanks for the response. If you can point me to the right place to file an issue in the future, I’d be happy to do that as I work more with the board. If posting on the forum here is good enough, I’ll do that. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![jnettlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/jnettlet/32/62_2.png) [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/cubox-m-debian-password-not-working-is-there-a-new-user-password/958/7 "2025-01-11T20:21:31Z")
posting in the forum is fine, or you can email [support@solid-run.com](mailto:support@solid-run.com) for more formal issues. Generally we try to treat both inquiries with the same priority