On 10/11/2013 10:35 PM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
What is the best way to set the root password for an image during build
time?

I have come across this snippet:

ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += " \
         sed 's%^root:[^:]*:%root:${PASSWD}:%' \
         < ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow \
         > ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow.new;\
         mv ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow.new ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow ;"

but it feels a bit hacky... is there no defined way to do this cleanly?

Cheers,
Jack.
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What about using EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS?

E.g.
1. Get the encrypted password.
(One way to get the encrypted password is using openssl, of course you can use other methods.)
openssl passwd -1 root
$1$QauDU/Ig$KEeg.OaCLFkNwSXW4xYRu1


2. Add to local.conf the following lines. Note the '$' sign should be escaped.

INHERIT += "extrausers"
EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "usermod -p '\$1\$QauDU/Ig\$KEeg.OaCLFkNwSXW4xYRu1' root;"


Best Regards,
Chen Qi
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