Re: [yocto] How to install files in root directory

[Gyorgy Sarvari <skandigraun@gmail.com>]

On 09.12.24 12:45, MOHAMMED HASSAN via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> It didnt work for me guys.
> I want to place the file in my root home directory.
> # Root home directory
> ROOT_HOME ??= "/root"
> if you guys have suggestions for me please let me know. I have tried 
> the following lines below but none worked.
> install -d ${D}/${HOME}
>  install -m 0755 my-file ${D}/${HOME}/my-file
> and also tried
> install -d ${D}/root
>  install -m 0755 my-file ${D}/root/my-file
> none worked.
> Please let me know if they are any more options i can try.
> Thanks
> Hassan
>

Just thinking loudly: home folders are special on their own, and root 
home is even more special.

Adding files to home folders is usually done through the /etc/skel 
directory, that's content is supposed to be copied into newly created 
users' folders by useradd. However not sure if it works with root also. 
Haven't tried it, though that would be my first try. My second would be 
to copy the file somewhere else, and have an init script checks upon 
startup if the file is at the correct place...