[Buildroot] Root password and ssh issues

[Michael Opdenacker]

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for your quick reply!


> What is the state of /etc/shadow with the non-working SSH login, and
> then the state of /etc/shadow after resetting the password with passwd
> ? I think I remember some issues with the expiration date/time of the
> password, or something like that.


Here are the details

# ls -la /etc/shadow
-rw-------    1 1000     1000           190 Aug  7  2020 /etc/shadow

# cat /etc/shadow
root:$5$D1pz/P1l$JCZhyjzCCqmXbnPx7g/mBtNtSSKkMqgctsmV/zBmlR2:::::::
daemon:*:::::::
bin:*:::::::
sys:*:::::::
sync:*:::::::
mail:*:::::::
www-data:*:::::::
operator:*:::::::
nobody:*:::::::

# passwd
Changing password for root
New password:
Bad password: too short
Retype password:
passwd: password for root changed by root

# cat /etc/shadow
root:$1$SYGd3a37$u2RV/VOsLPqWznY4GR1jU.:13514::::::
daemon:*:::::::
bin:*:::::::
sys:*:::::::
sync:*:::::::
mail:*:::::::
www-data:*:::::::
operator:*:::::::
nobody:*:::::::

# ls -la /etc/shadow
-rw-------    1 1000     1000           174 Aug  7  2020 /etc/shadow

I set the password the "root" (both in "menuconfig" and then through the
"passwd" command). Only after this command can I login through ssh.

Cheers,

Michael.

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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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