[Buildroot] FW: Buildroot RFS Login Question

Poole, Donald R. drpoole at swri.org
Wed Feb 8 06:28:53 UTC 2012


On 2/7/12 2:51 AM, "Samuel Martin" <s.martin49 at gmail.com> wrote:


>Hi,
>
>> Unfortunately, if I use the root user get a "Login Incorrect" message
>>and a
>> new login prompt that looks like this:
>> Starting input-event-daemon: done
>>
>> Welcome to VICTORY Embedded
>> victory-embedded login: root
>> Login incorrect
>>
>> victory-embedded login:
>>
>
>It may be stupid, but could you check that /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
>are valid in the rootfs.
>I did spend some time debugging rootfs with a valid /etc/passwd and
>empty /etc/shadow whereas it should not.
>
>
>Sam

Sam, I took a look at my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow in my rootfs and each
file is populated, but how do I know if they are valid?




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