Re: Default root password without 'debug-tweaks'?

[Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>]

On Thursday 25 July 2013 07:53:20 Bryan Evenson wrote:
> Thank you for the explanation.  And just earlier this morning, I found this
> description of how to change the root password for an image:
> http://bec-systems.com/site/967/setting-the-root-password-in-an-openembedded
> -image.
> 
> If this would be a suggested method of performing the task, I could
> write a patch for the documentation to add the details about the
> root account being locked and the suggested method for modifying the
> root password.  If you could point me to a good place to add this
> detail, I'll send out a patch.

Hmm, that method does seem a bit messy though. Ideally there would be a simple 
method available that didn't require you to boot the target system. Presumably 
it wouldn't be too hard to do it using tools on the host.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre