[PATCH] local.conf.sample: comment out the root-with-empty-password setting

Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:09:54 +0100
Newsgroups org.yoctoproject.lists.poky
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This was not a good default; the autobuilder relied on it, but this
has been fixed, there's now a separate fragment as well, and testimage
has a check for the needed image features. Let's take this out and
be more secure by default everywhere.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]>
---
 meta-poky/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample b/meta-poky/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample
index 3d830d5..5a62de3 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample
@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ DISTRO ?= "poky"
 # There are other features that can be used here too, see
 # meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass and
 # meta/classes-recipe/core-image.bbclass for more details.
-# We default to allowing root login without a password for convenience.
-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES ?= "allow-empty-password empty-root-password allow-root-login"
+#
+# The following will allow root login without a password for convenience.
+# Use with care, and never in product builds.
+#EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES ?= "allow-empty-password empty-root-password allow-root-login"
 
 #
 # Additional image features
-- 
2.39.5