# Permission/Access Demied when Trying to SSH into my Pi

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/permission-access-demied-when-trying-to-ssh-into-my-pi/60209>\
**Category:** Community Help\
**Created:** [January 3, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/permission-access-demied-when-trying-to-ssh-into-my-pi/60209 "2023-01-03T16:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![petenice](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/petenice/32/35070_2.png) [@petenice](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/petenice)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/permission-access-demied-when-trying-to-ssh-into-my-pi/60209/9 "2023-01-03T17:17:48Z")

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Ran into this exact issue myself. Turned out, I didn't change the default user name when I ran the wizard, so I had to ssh like this: ssh pi@pihole

Then enter the password.

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