[Buildroot] SSH and Root password

[Joel Carlson]

Hello Mahin,

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Mahin Hannan <Mahin.hannan at outlook.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using ver. 2018.05-rc3 for an Orange Pi Zero board.
>
> I used the configurations that came with buildroot and added; OpenSSH and
> root password was added. I also tried using dropbear instead of the former.
>
> The issue is, I can't log into the board via SSH because my password is
> incorrect.
>
> I've read the other mailing list queries and followed the given solutions,
> but it doesn't work.
>
> How do I set up a root password for the board?

Is the actual error message about an invalid password?  Or is it
perhaps "Permission denied"? I know that when I select openssh on my
boards and have a root password set, I need to have a custom
sshd_config file on the board with "PermitRootLogin yes" set to be
able to ssh in as the root user.

>
> Thanks
>
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