FAQ:How do I set or change the root password: Difference between revisions

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-'''Q:''' How do I set / change the root password?
+The content of this document has been moved to: https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/classes.html#extrausers-bbclass
-'''A:''' Use the extrausers class to set the password. In your image recipe:
- inherit extrausers
- EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "usermod -P 1876*18 root;"
-This sets the root password to "1876*18". If you prefer to do this in local.conf or your distro configuration, you'll need to change the first line to <code>INHERIT += "extrausers"</code>.
-{| style="color:black; background-color:#ffcccc" width="100%" cellpadding="10" class="wikitable"
-|'''WARNING:''' if you are hardcoding a root password for a production image deployed to multiple devices, consider carefully the ramifications of doing so before proceeding.
-|}
-'''Q:''' How do I add users?
-'''A:''' Use the extrausers class to and the user and set the password. In your image recipe:
- inherit extrausers
- EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "useradd -P 2015*08 myUser;"
-This adds the user myUser and sets the password to "2015*08". As above, if you prefer to do this in local.conf or your distro configuration, you'll need to change the first line to <code>INHERIT += "extrausers"</code>.
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