[Buildroot] How to Login in a filesystem as a root

[amr ali]

I checked the passwd and shadow files, they have a root user but whenever I type root at login it give invalid login.
May be you are right. I need to read more about buildroot. I can send you my configuration files if possible to check it yourself.
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Amr Ali Abdel-Naby
Embedded Systems Developer
www.embedded-tips.blogspot.com




> From: mjd+buildroot at afork.com
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:46:12 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] How to Login in a filesystem as a root
> To: amraldo at hotmail.com
> CC: buildroot at busybox.net
> 
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Thomas Petazzoni
> <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:42:37 +0300
> > amr ali <amraldo at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I managed to build filesystem for my davinci DVM6446 board. I want to login as root instead of the default user.
> >> How can I do that?
> >
> > By default, embedded Linux systems generated by Buildroot have a 'root'
> > account, for which the password is empty. So at the log-in prompt, just
> > use 'root', and you're all set.
> 
> Amr Ali, is it possible that your DaVinci board isn't running
> something generated by "buildroot"?  Or perhaps it's based on
> buildroot, but it's been customised to have a password for root?
> 
> I'm wondering if it's really based on buildroot, as even if the root
> password has been set (I do for my buildroot-based product), it should
> still allow console logins for the root user.
> 
> Mitch.
 		 	   		  
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