[Buildroot] FW: Buildroot RFS Login Question

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Wed Feb 8 07:49:46 UTC 2012


>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Constable <markc at renta.net> writes:

 Mark> On 08/02/12 16:28, Poole, Donald R. wrote:
 >> Sam, I took a look at my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow in my rootfs
 >> and each file is populated, but how do I know if they are valid?

 Mark> FWIW I find on a fresh install I have to login as "default" and then
 Mark> "su -" to root.

With the default skeleton the root user has an empty password, so you
should be able to login as root on the console (not ssh, as that
typically doesn't allow empty passwords).

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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