[oe] [PATCH] image.bbclass: Make zap_root_password to disable root's password not the user root itself.

Chris Larson clarson at kergoth.com
Wed May 26 15:01:20 UTC 2010


On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:

> * With shadow now running pwconv after commit
> 7c5f81b2139e55622ca2f23ff6b63438d4825d87
>  It converts :*: passwd entry into equivalent /etc/shadow entry :*:
>  which in shadow means disable the account as per
>
> http://tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/shadow-file-formats.html
>  As a result root can not login unless one boots into shell and then
>  resets the password.
>
> Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com>
>

Seems reasonable.

Acked-by: Chris Larson <clarson at kergoth.com>
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Christopher Larson
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