# Login Problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Installation\ **Tags:** emoncms\ **Created:** [9 March 2023 17:29 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/login-problems/23088 "2023-03-09T17:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![Robert.Wall](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/user_avatar/community.openenergymonitor.org/robert.wall/32/38246_2.png) [@Robert.Wall](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/Robert.Wall)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2023 12:41 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/login-problems/23088/25 "2023-04-22T12:41:18Z")
> [@shoka555](#): > > However I’m unable to get an SSH session to log in. There are two ways to enable SSH - via the pushbutton menu on the emonPi, or by making an empty file on the SD card after you’ve flashed the image to it. Details are here: [emonSD Download — OpenEnergyMonitor 0.0.1 documentation](https://docs.openenergymonitor.org/emonsd/download.html#before-bootup-ssh-wifi-configuration) > [@shoka555](#): > > I initially had issues because I had public/private key authentication set up which definitely caused problems. I use this on the laptop I’m typing on, and have never had a problem (I **don’t** set a password on the file so this machine - not the user - has access to the emonPi. This is OK because the whole machine is encrypted anyway.) I’m not a Pi expert - you might have to wait a bit for one of those - but I’d suspect your image didn’t get written properly, or maybe the update didn’t complete after all. There was a problem with Raspberry Pi imager reported recently: [Login Problems - #16 by Robert.Wall](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/login-problems/23088/16) You might want to look at this alternative - though I’ve no experience with it: [Alternative to Etcher to write images: USBImager](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/alternative-to-etcher-to-write-images-usbimager/15862) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/login-problems/23088)._