automating busybox installation

walter harms wharms at bfs.de
Thu Aug 10 15:59:52 UTC 2006


i did not try but perhaps you can use ssh with passwordless root access
and start there a script to set permissions.

do i have to mention that is not the most secure way on earth ?

re,
  wh

yan wrote:
> Is there some neat way to automate changing ownership of busybox to root
> and then setting +s?  I build and install busybox as an ordinary user,
> but then I have to su or sudo to change the ownership.  I really need to
> automate the process as much as possible so non-technical people can
> build the rootfs.
> 
> (Long story; we build semi-custom products, so I am working on a
> dialog-type select-the-options interface that would allow a tech to
> build the complete system and I want to minimize the potential for errors.)
> 
> I can't think of a way to do that using ordinary shell scripts.
> 
> I could write a C app that would do that, but before I do, I figured I'd
> ask if someone has figured out a way to do it....
> 
> --Yan
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