[OE-core] Setting root password

[Koen Kooi]

Op 11 okt. 2013, om 16:35 heeft Jack Mitchell <ml at communistcode.co.uk> het volgende geschreven:

> What is the best way to set the root password for an image during build
> time?
> 
> I have come across this snippet:
> 
> ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += " \
>        sed 's%^root:[^:]*:%root:${PASSWD}:%' \
>        < ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow \
>> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow.new;\
>        mv ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow.new ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/shadow ;"
> 
> but it feels a bit hacky...

indeed, gnu sed has had a -i option for some years now, no needs to that intermediate file.