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From: ChenQi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
To: "Burton, Ross" <ross.burton@intel.com>
Cc: OE-core <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] extrausers: add util-linux-sulogin to IMAGE_INSTALL
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:47:10 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5416451E.9060004@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJTo0LY=XCVYQk6pUKtf2WJ6P1AoGZQ+oZP4XyssNxcEFOPbMg@mail.gmail.com>

On 09/15/2014 06:51 AM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 9 September 2014 04:01, Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com> wrote:
>> Previously, root with password set cannot login in rescue mode for
>> core-image-minimal. This is because that the busybox's sulogin is
>> not configured with FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWORDS enabled.
>>
>> Add util-linux-sulogin in IMAGE_INSTALL_append properly to fix this problem.
> What's the rationale for installing bits of coreutils, verses enabling
> FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWORDS in busybox?
>
> Ross
>
>

If FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWORDS is enabled in busybox, busybox assumes that 
there's /etc/shadow in the system, but it's possible that there isn't. 
In such case, the related utilities from busybox cannot work correctly.

That's why I chose to installed util-linux-sulogin conditionally in 
extrausers.bbclass instead of enabling FEATRUE_SHADOWPASSWORDS in the 
defconfig of busybox.

Best Regards,
Chen Qi


      reply	other threads:[~2014-09-15  1:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-09  3:01 [PATCH 0/2] Fix the problem of being unable to login in rescue mode if password is set Chen Qi
2014-09-09  3:01 ` [PATCH 1/2] util-linux: split out util-linux-sulogin Chen Qi
2014-09-09  3:01 ` [PATCH 2/2] extrausers: add util-linux-sulogin to IMAGE_INSTALL Chen Qi
2014-09-14 22:51   ` Burton, Ross
2014-09-15  1:47     ` ChenQi [this message]

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