Adding Extra Users to the PetaLinux System

Adding Extra Users to the PetaLinux System - 2023.2 English

PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide (UG1144)

Document ID

UG1144

Release Date

2023-10-18

Version

2023.2 English

You can make the changes using the following steps:

Go to project: petalinux-config -c rootfs > PetaLinux Rootfs Settings > Add extra users.
Provide the users. To add extra users to the PetaLinux system, provide the user ID (userid) and password (passwd) separated by :; for multiple users, separate sets of user IDs and passwords using ;.
Examples:

To add a passwd1 for user1:
```
user1:passwd1; or user1:passwd1
```
To add an empty passwd for the user1:
```
user1:
```
To add user1 and user2 with passwd1 and passwd2, respectively:
```
user1:passwd1;user2:passwd2;
```
To add an empty passwd for user1 and passwd2 for user2
```
user1:;user2:passwd2
```