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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 17:42:16 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] avoiding the need to enter password
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Le Sat, 4 Aug 2012 16:55:08 +0300,
Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com> a ?crit :

> I tried it replacing  /bin.sh instead of the
> /sbin/getty line in /etc/inittab and indeed it boots into prompt
> without need to enter password.
> Is there a way to enforce it running the /etc/profile in boot
> in such a case ?
> (It seems to me that /etc/profile is not executed)

Try:

ttyS0::respawn:-/bin/sh

(i.e add a '-' in front of the /bin/sh command. It will make your shell
a login shell, which I think should tell the shell to
read /etc/profile).

Best regards,

Thomas
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