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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16060

Bug ID: 16060
Summary: For Raspberry Pi 4, 64-bit, OpenSSH password
authentication doesn't work for root
Product: buildroot
Version: 2024.02.1
Hardware: Other
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P5
Component: Other
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---

Hello everyone

I'm new to buildroot. I tried the 32-bit version (armv7) with that Raspberry Pi 4 machine. All went well. I used it for a while, all good.

The configuration I used is basic, starting from make raspberrypi4_defconfig, the only things I changed were the root password + installed OpenSSH from the packages in make menuconfig, followed by make all.

I realized I needed aarch64 architecture. I wiped the directory, extracted the tar, and started over. I followed the same steps, but starting with make raspberrypi4_64_defconfig, adding OpenSSH and setting the root password (same password from before), followed by make all. Flashed the imaged to an sd card, booted, all good.

Then, I tried to login with ssh, and I always got that the password is incorrect. I confirmed multiple times that the password is correct. No use.

I'm no pro, so I don't know how to use serial port or fancy stuff like that. I took the sd card out, mounted it, and added my ssh public key to authiorized_keys of root. Put back the sd card, and ssh then worked fine. I logged in.

Then, once I was in, I kept trying to login with the password, never worked. Loopback didn't work either. I changed the password multiple times. I tried many things, including manually putting the password in /etc/shadow, and running passwd, and confirming that the password in /etc/shadow is changing, but no use. I think it may be a bug in the build process, but I can't be sure.

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[Buildroot] [Bug 16060] For Raspberry Pi 4, 64-bit, OpenSSH password authentication doesn't work for root

https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16060

--- Comment #1 from Peter Seiderer <[email protected]> ---

etc/ssh/sshd_config renamed from etc/ssh/sshd_config_orig +1 -1
diff -u /etc/ssh/sshd_config_orig /etc/ssh/sshd_config
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # Authentication:
 
 #LoginGraceTime 2m
-#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
+PermitRootLogin yes
 #StrictModes yes
 #MaxAuthTries 6
 #MaxSessions 10
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[Buildroot] [Bug 16060] For Raspberry Pi 4, 64-bit, OpenSSH password authentication doesn't work for root

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16060

--- Comment #2 from Sam <[email protected]> ---
Thank you, this fixes the issue.

I'm surprised though, because on failure, I got this message:

```
root@buildroot: Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
```

which means that password was tried. I probably misunderstood the error message in ssh.

Apologies for the false alarm. Though I have to say that the default not accepting a password can be a problem, since this is a simple system.

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[Buildroot] [Bug 16060] For Raspberry Pi 4, 64-bit, OpenSSH password authentication doesn't work for root

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16060

Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]> --- Thank you for your report.

The issue tracker for the Buildroot project has been moved to the Gitlab.com issue tracker:
https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/issues

We are taking this opportunity to close old issues in this old tracker. If you believe your issue is still relevant, please open one in the new issue tracker.

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