[Buildroot] adding users in readonly file system

[Buildroot] adding users in readonly file system

[sajjadi335]

Hi

I have searched for a while for this, but have not been able to find
anything. I am not familiar with how linux manages users. So this might be
something obvious I don't know.
My problem is I have an embedded system with a readonly root fs, and I want
to
- add a user to the system.
- Change both the root and the user password.
How could that be done? 



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[Buildroot] adding users in readonly file system

[Michael Rommel]

Hi,

if you are using buildroot to create the readonly fs, you have two options:

 - either add the user to the appropriate files in the "target" or output/target
subdirectory, where the source files are that are used to create the real
file system image under "images"

- use the menu item "System Configuration" -> "Root filesystem 
overlay directories" to keep your edited files separate, but have them
incorporated into your final image during/after your build.

  Michael.

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On Sep 11, 2013, at 8:06 , sajjadi335 <sajjadi335@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have searched for a while for this, but have not been able to find
> anything. I am not familiar with how linux manages users. So this might be
> something obvious I don't know.
> My problem is I have an embedded system with a readonly root fs, and I want
> to
> - add a user to the system.
> - Change both the root and the user password.
> How could that be done? 
> 
> 
> 
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[Buildroot] adding users in readonly file system

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 11/09/13 08:06, sajjadi335 wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have searched for a while for this, but have not been able to find
> anything. I am not familiar with how linux manages users. So this might be
> something obvious I don't know.
> My problem is I have an embedded system with a readonly root fs, and I want
> to
> - add a user to the system.
> - Change both the root and the user password.
> How could that be done?

  The users are in /etc/passwd and the passwords in /etc/shadow. If you 
need to be able to modify these at runtime, you can move them to 
$(TARGET_DIR)/tmp in the post-build script and make symlinks to them.

  Regards,
  Arnout


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