[yocto] FW: root password in a core-image-base without "debug-tweaks" ?

[Mike Looijmans]

On 12-10-15 23:39, Thanassis Silis wrote:

> I bitbaked a core-image-base without "debug-tweaks" , and now i am greeted on
> ttymxc1 with a login , but it also asks for password.
> empty password is not accepted.
> /etc/shadow states "root::..." so the root password is supposedly empty. but I
> cannot login.

Yep, turning it on makes the box too vulnerable and leaving it out makes the 
box inaccessible.

Here's a simple solution to allow you to login but without crippling SSH:

https://github.com/OpenPLi/openpli-oe-core/blob/master-next/meta-openpli/recipes-openpli/images/openpli-image.bb#L45



Kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert

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