Appendix E The Raspberry Pi Configuration Tool 235THE OFFICIAL RASPBERRY PI BEGINNER’S GUIDE
System tab
The System tab holds options which control various Raspbian settings.
n Password: Click the ‘Change Password...‘ button to set a new password for your current
user account. By default this is the ‘pi‘ account.
n Hostname: The name by which the Raspberry Pi identifies itself on networks. If you have
more than one Raspberry Pi on the same network, they must each have a unique name of
their own.
n Boot: Setting this to ‘To Desktop’ (the default) loads the familiar Raspbian desktop;
setting it to ‘To CLI’ loads the command-line interface as described in Appendix C,
The Command-Line Interface.
n Auto Login: When ‘As current user’ is ticked (the default), Raspbian will load the desktop
without needing you to type in your user name and password.
n Network at Boot: When ‘Wait for network‘ is ticked, Raspbian will not load until it has a
working network connection.
n Splash Screen: When set to ‘enabled‘ (the default), Raspbian’s boot messages are hidden
behind a graphical splash screen.