[Buildroot] How to login automatically without typing root in buildroot x86 64 QEMU?

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Wed Aug 3 08:18:15 UTC 2016


Hello,

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:52:48 +0100, Ciro Santilli wrote:

> Is editing `package/busybox/inittab` the best way to do it?

No.

> Or is there a more specific `.config` option? I know about
> BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY.

Yes, use an overlay to install your custom version of inittab. Or
alternatively, a post-build script to tweak the inittab at the end of
the build.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com



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