How to Change the Password of the Root Account for Logging in to the OK-MX9352-C SBC?
This article applies to the Forlinx OK-MX9352-C platform with Linux 5.15.52 operating system.
Forlinx OK-MX9352-C based on NXP i.MX93 Family i.MX9352 is a reliable single board computer with FET-MX9352-C SoM separated from carrier boa
How to change the root account and password for logging in to the Single board computer?
root@ok-mx93:~# passwd root //Modify root password command
New password://Enter the new password (The password is not displayed, just type it directly);
Retype new password://Then follow the instruction retype the password
passwd: password updated successfully
The password is successfully changed.
Then we can use new password to restart the EVK.
OKMX9352-C Single Board Computer
The default root user does not have a password set. To increase security, we can set a password with the password command. However, if the board is mass-produced, manually setting the passwords one by one will be very tedious. Therefore, we need a way to have the EVK automatically come with a default password after the re-burning.
Specific conduction is as follows:
1. After the board boots, set the password for the root user with the password command.
2. Two new files are created in the /etc directory: passwd and shadow.
3. Unzip the filesystem image into the development environment and put the above two files into the /etc directory, replace the previous file with the same name and unzip it again.
4. Re-burn this file system image to the EVK.
Learn how to increase the security of your OKMX9352-C Single Board Computer by changing the root account password.
Originally published at www.forlinx.net.
