From: "Peter Hüwe" <PeterHuewe@gmx.de>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] How to Login in a filesystem as a root
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:02:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006241302.16401.PeterHuewe@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SNT127-W419F4B2391D74166A2B60B7C60@phx.gbl>
Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010 12:50:26 schrieb 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. --
> Amr Ali Abdel-Naby
> Embedded Systems Developer
> www.embedded-tips.blogspot.com
>
Hi,
does the busybox binary on your target board belong to root?
I've had that issue once, that I managed to create it with an other owner as
user.
Moreover I'm not sure if it might need the suid-bit set.
Peter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-24 11:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-24 6:42 [Buildroot] How to Login in a filesystem as a root amr ali
2010-06-24 7:45 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2010-06-24 10:46 ` Mitch Davis
2010-06-24 10:50 ` amr ali
2010-06-24 10:56 ` Paul Jones
2010-06-24 11:02 ` Peter Hüwe [this message]
2010-06-24 11:50 ` Mitch Davis
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