Hi, On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 at 17:21:39 +1300, martin f krafft wrote: > I had a look around, and I think the problem is simply that > /etc/passwd defines /root as root's homedir, whereas initramfs > mounts the target system there at some stage! Changing the homedir > to /root/root enables logging in, but obviously requires /root to be > mounted. > > Maybe the best would be to create /roothome during setup for the > purpose of this package?
This was reported in #558115 and fixed (for 2015.68-1) in 5b724213:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/dropbear.git/commit/?id=5b724213ea3818508d9060c0a5ce11dab1827f26
At which initramfs stage did you try to log in? With an encrypted
rootfs (and a locked root account in the real system) I never
encountered the issue but there is indeed a problem if you try to login
after the rootfs has been mounted (for instance if you have another
encrypted disk).
Could you try to apply 5b724213 and see if that works for you?
Cheers,
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Guilhem.
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