LinuxQuestions.org - Buildroot Login Incorrect for Root

Ok I created a basic buildroot base and with three days of linux kernel tinkering I finally got the damn thing to boot up. :-D

However now I ran into a problem with the login.

The prompt shows up just fine but no matter what I enter, it won't let me log in.

In buildroot there is no password for root until you set one so I don't understand what is going on here. I even tried (chroot)ing into the partition and setting the root password and I still can't log in to my buildroot system.

It should be noted that I am using a standard console (That is, Not a serial line) for logging in.

I can bypass the login all together by setting: "tty1::respawn:/bin/sh" in /etc/inittab so I suspect it is either a problem with "getty", "login", or a configuration issue.

Is this a buildroot bug or a configuration problem???

If its a buildroot bug I will just bypass the standard login program and write my own to manage it.

/var/log/messages:

Code:



Mar 11 14:34:26 divix daemon.info init: starting pid 1, tty '/dev/tty1': '/sbin/getty -L tty1 0 vt100 '

Mar 11 14:34:29 divix authpriv.notice login: LOGIN FAILURE ON tty1, root

Mar 11 14:34:33 divix authpriv.notice login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON tty1, root

Mar 11 14:34:36 divix authpriv.notice login: 3 LOGIN FAILURES ON tty1, root

Mar 11 14:34:37 divix authpriv.notice login: 4 LOGIN FAILURES ON tty1, root

Mar 11 14:34:39 divix daemon.info init: starting pid 1, tty '': '/sbin/reboot'

Mar 11 14:34:39 divix daemon.info init: starting pid 1, tty '/dev/null': '/etc/init.d/rcK'

Mar 11 14:34:39 divix authpriv.info dropbear[1057]: Premature exit: Terminated by signal

Mar 11 14:34:39 divix daemon.info init: starting pid 1, tty '/dev/null': '/bin/umount -a -r'

Mar 11 14:34:39 divix daemon.info init: starting pid 1, tty '/dev/null': '/sbin/swapoff -a'

Mar 11 14:34:40 divix daemon.info init: The system is going down NOW!

Mar 11 14:34:40 divix syslog.info syslogd exiting

/etc/inittab:

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# Startup the system

null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc

null::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw / # REMOUNT_ROOTFS_RW

null::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts

null::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm

null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a

null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname

# now run any rc scripts

::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS



# Put a getty on the tty

tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty -L tty1 0 vt100



# Stuff to do for the 3-finger salute

::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot



# Stuff to do before rebooting

null::shutdown:/etc/init.d/rcK

null::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r

null::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a

/etc/passwd:

Code:



root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh

daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh

bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh

sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh

sync:x:4:100:sync:/bin:/bin/sync

mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/sh

proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh

www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh

backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh

operator:x:37:37:Operator:/var:/bin/sh

haldaemon:x:68:68:hald:/:/bin/sh

dbus:x:81:81:dbus:/var/run/dbus:/bin/sh

ftp:x:83:83:ftp:/home/ftp:/bin/sh

nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/home:/bin/sh

sshd:x:103:99:Operator:/var:/bin/sh

default:x:1000:1000:Default non-root user:/home/default:/bin/sh

/etc/shadow:

Code:



root::10933:0:99999:7:::

bin:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

daemon:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

adm:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

lp:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

sync:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

shutdown:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

halt:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

uucp:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

operator:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

ftp:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

nobody:*:10933:0:99999:7:::

default::10933:0:99999:7:::

/etc/securetty:

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tty1

tty2

tty3

tty4

tty5

tty6

tty7

tty8

ttyS0

ttyS1

ttyS2

ttyS3