Re: [yocto] Setting up a password for the root user

2019-01-12 Thread Rudolf Streif
For security it is best to disable console login for root and all users altogether and use ssh with keys. If you are building many devices you would want to provision each of them with unique keys. :rjs On Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 04:42 Stefano Cappa From a security point of view, Is it better to use

Re: [yocto] Setting up a password for the root user

2019-01-12 Thread Stefano Cappa
>From a security point of view, Is it better to use "usermod -p `openssl passwd mypass` root; \" or with uppercase P "usermod -P mypass root; \" ? Il giorno sab 12 gen 2019 alle ore 04:38 Rudolf J Streif < rudolf.str...@ibeeto.com> ha scritto: > Alberto, > > The quotes around > > `openssl passw

Re: [yocto] Setting up a password for the root user

2019-01-11 Thread Rudolf J Streif
Alberto, The quotes around `openssl passwd ${ROOT_PASSWORD}` have to be backticks (`) not single quotes ('). :rjs On 01/11/2019 07:41 AM, Alberto Spin wrote: > > Hello There, > >   > > I’m trying to set a password for the root user of my distribution > (based rocko branch) > >   > > I’ve adde

[yocto] Setting up a password for the root user

2019-01-11 Thread Alberto Spin
Hello There, I'm trying to set a password for the root user of my distribution (based rocko branch) I've added the following to my image recipe: inherit extrausers # set image root password ROOT_PASSWORD = "secret" EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "\ usermod -p 'openssl passwd ${ROOT_PASSWORD}' root;