[Buildroot] How to Login in a filesystem as a root

[Peter Hüwe]

Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010 12:50:26 schrieb amr ali:
> I checked the passwd and shadow files, they have a root user but whenever I
>  type root at login it give invalid login. May be you are right. I need to
>  read more about buildroot. I can send you my configuration files if
>  possible to check it yourself. --
> Amr Ali Abdel-Naby
> Embedded Systems Developer
> www.embedded-tips.blogspot.com
>

Hi,
does the busybox binary on your target board belong to root?

I've had that issue once, that I managed to create it with an other owner as 
user.

Moreover I'm not sure if it might need the suid-bit set.


Peter