Where, in the menuconfig2 build magic, is the root password set for the emdebian root filesystem? The one I've just built didn't have the usual root password. chrooting into /mnt/root from the recovery kernel and doing 'passwd root' fixed the problem, but it would be helpful to be able to get this right when the root fs is built, especially in a production environment. I had a quick rummage around in packages/kernel but couldn't find anything relevant-looking. Chris -- Chris Jones - chris@martin-jones.com Martin-Jones Technology Ltd c/o Element Energy Ltd Twenty Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JD, UK Phone +44 (0) 1223 655611 Fax +44 (0) 870 112 3908