This image *is* as it should be then as one really ought not be doing system reconfiguration and reboots as a mere mortal user (I certainly don't want my users doing these things!).... but one gets used to the image they've been using. Thanks again for the work you put into this. I, most definately, and most of the community individually owe and ought buy you a beer (or whatever your taste may be) given the opportunity. (same goes for Gerald and others on this list that stand out as being helpful and making this all work for the greater community)
Eric On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > actually, for lack of hitting send immediately, I'm using the > > > https://rcn-ee.net/deb/flasher/wheezy/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-15-2gb.img.xz > > image and it's pretty sweet. only a couple hunderd MB used with lots of > > space left (as it should be). The network even works with dhclient > > preinstalled and running on eth0 so it gets assigned an address on my > > network via dhcp and I can ssh in. Couple things I noticed as being > > different though. first off one has to login as Debian:temppwd (no root > > login, and password required), > > Yeap, out of the box it's a little more secure via personal > preference. The beagleboard.org image has root enabled by default to > help transition people from Angstrom.. > > You can get root back by: > > sudo passwd root > > (to disable) > sudo passwd -l root > > I blanked out the root password, ssh, sudo/etc via: > > > https://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder/blob/master/target/chroot/beagleboard.org.sh#L456 > > > > sudo must be used (which one should probably > > do anyway), and reboot/shutdown/halt/poweroff are all missing (probably > for > > They exist, it's just that a normal user doesn't have /sbin/ in the > path, i patched the bb.org image with: > > > https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/mods/debian-add-sbin-usr-sbin-to-default-path.diff > > So, "sudo reboot" works, but "reboot" doesn't. > > > > lack of the systemd package) so the only means to reboot the machine is > via > > pulling the power plug (or possibly pressing reset which I didn't think > of > > until just now....) both of which require physical access to the machine. > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
