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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:50:21 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] buildroot requires a password
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Dear Sabri Altunbas,

On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:11:10 +0200, Sabri Altunbas wrote:

> I created a initramfs with buildroot.
> I attach my config
> 
> It works. But it requires a password which I have not configured and I wanna
> have no password.
> 
> I investigate in forums and find out 
>  
> http://buildroot-busybox.2317881.n4.nabble.com/Console-login-root-needing-a-
> password-td15155.html
> 
> http://buildroot-busybox.2317881.n4.nabble.com/Bug-5366-New-can-t-login-root
> -or-default-td30020.html
> 
> I followed all recommendations
> 
> - taking output/images/rootfs.cpio
> -  BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOGIN_UTILS not defined
> 
> but only the following solution worked
> 
> #ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100 # GENERIC_SERIAL
> ttyS0::respawn:/bin/sh  # GENERIC_SERIAL
> 
> overlooked something ?

By default, there is no password. Can you share your Buildroot .config
file so we can see if something might be causing problems?

Thanks,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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