Re: [Ltib] adduser through startup script

[Rick Hunnicutt]

Thank you Stuart, great idea!

On Friday, February 21, 2014 12:57 AM, Stuart Hughes <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Rick,

It would probably be better to override the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow by placing copies with your pre-defined user/password in config/platform/_your_platform_/merge/etc/....

The simplest way to do this is to get it working on your target then copy the files from the target into the merge directory.

Regards, Stuart

On 20/02/14 20:13, Rick Hunnicutt wrote:

Hello all:

I want to add a user that is available on the target system. I understand this has to be done through a startup script but I'm not able to get it to work. I best option I have found is:

    printf "password123\npassword123\n" | adduser myuser

The user gets added (in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow) but the password is not accepted. The out is:

Changing password for myuser
New password:
Retype password:
passwd: password for myuser is unchanged

I have read that adduser may use /dev/tty instead of stdin? I'd appreciate any help in getting this to work.

Thanks,

Rick H

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