[Buildroot] help - custom user not working

[yann.morin at orange.com]

Stefano, All,

On 2023-12-08 11:45 +0100, Stefano Cottafavi spake thusly:
> I'm trying to add a custom user to the minimal "raspberrypi4_defconfig" build.
> I'm using Buildroot 2023.11, following the manual I've created a "users.txt" file (in the buildroot root folder) with just one line:
> pi -1 pi -1 =raspberry /home/pi /bin/sh -
> The config file contains:
> BR2_ROOTFS_USERS_TABLES="users.txt"
> The build is successful and looking and the "full_users_table.txt" (output of the build) I can see the user definition above.
> However, when I try to log on as "pi" I get "Login incorrect" error.
> If I login as root and check the /etc/psswd, I DO NOT see the user pi
> Can you help me understand what am I missing?

Be sure that your users.txt is a proper unix-style text file, i.e.
lines are \n terminated, even the last one (proper editors, like vi,
will include the proper line termintaion).

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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