Raspberry Pi Enable SSH on Raspbian Enable SSH using a Windows computer
Example
To enable SSH create a file called ssh in the /boot directory of your SD card.
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Identify the drive letter associated with your SD card.
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Open a command prompt (press Win+R on your keyboard to open the Run window. Then, type cmd)
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Enter the following at the command prompt (replacing DriveLetter with the letter you identified in step 1):
echo.>DriveLetter:/ssh
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Press Enter
Verify that your SD card contains a file called ssh.
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Enter the following at the command prompt (again replacing DriveLetter with the letter you identified in step 1)
dir DriveLetter:
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Press Enter
You should see an ssh file in the directory listing.
To avoid the security warning mentioned above (re: SSH enabled with the default password) change the default password for the Pi user. This can be done either from the command line with the passwd, the raspi-config script, or settings menu in the Pixel desktop.
