[yocto] Antwort: Re: Problems with do_rootfs when changing the user password

[Maxin B. John]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 05:17:33PM +0200, S.Jaritz at esa-grimma.de wrote:
>
>Hej
>
>Thanks for the infos. I figured out that the common tutorial under meta-skeleton
>does not covers the change of the root password. Although "usermod -P" does not exits.
>Now the "usermod -p" wants a encrypted password. Looks like most of the examples at the
>www are little outdated. My question is now:
>
>How are the steps to (re)set the root password?
>
>If you like I would prefer to solve this question like a tutorial.
>
>The starting point is a own layer ("myLayer") and a password ("myNewPassword1234").

I would suggest to update this wiki page instead of starting something from scratch:

https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/FAQ:How_do_I_set_or_change_the_root_password

>Regards!
>
>Stefan Jaritz

Warm Regards,
Maxin