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feat!: Change default user and hostname to qcom#316

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feat!: Change default user and hostname to qcom#316
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@gagath gagath commented Mar 9, 2026

For consistency in docs and CI, use qcom as default user, password, and hostname, no matter the distro.

Cherry-picked from #314, and added missing update to README with the new user/password.

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gagath commented Mar 9, 2026

The qemu test failed because of matching the previous "debian" host instead of "qcom". Amended the commit to fix this.

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gagath commented Mar 9, 2026

CI is green, marking as ready for review.

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We need to update at least README, perhaps other places

This is a fairly invasive change; I'm not sure how we broadcast this more widely

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gagath commented Mar 9, 2026

The README was updated for this PR, I added it to the original cherry-pick. I am not sure how to broadcast to our users that this is changing.

For consistency in docs and CI, use qcom as default user, password, and
hostname, no matter the distro.

Signed-off-by: Loïc Minier <loic.minier@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Agathe Porte <agathe.porte@oss.qualcomm.com>
@gagath gagath force-pushed the change-default-user-hostname branch from f5bfa80 to cd554d6 Compare March 12, 2026 14:26
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lool commented Mar 12, 2026

I wonder if we could include usage instructions next to the download (probably just pointing back at README) and a warning message that we'd keep for a month or so for changes like this:
⚠️ Username and password are now "qcom"

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lool commented Mar 12, 2026

We could also try to unify with meta-qcom (root only I think, but perhaps time to address?)

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gagath commented Mar 12, 2026

If we take RaspberryPi as a reference there is the pi user with sudo like we have now. Same for Debian cloud images and Ubuntu.I would prefer to keep the separate user with sudo. I will try to see where I can put this message next to the download link.

EDIT: if you meant to add a qcom user to meta-qcom, sure. I am not sure about shipping sudo though.

This commit can be reverted when users have integrated the change in
their workflows in some time.

Signed-off-by: Agathe Porte <agathe.porte@oss.qualcomm.com>
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lool commented Mar 12, 2026

If we take RaspberryPi as a reference there is the pi user with sudo like we have now. Same for Debian cloud images and Ubuntu.I would prefer to keep the separate user with sudo. I will try to see where I can put this message next to the download link.

EDIT: if you meant to add a qcom user to meta-qcom, sure. I am not sure about shipping sudo though.

Yeah, I meant having the same non-root user in meta-qcom and qcom-deb-images so that user experience and our CI stay close; meta-qcom might be root-only right now, which probably needs fixing

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gagath commented Mar 12, 2026

Added an extra commit to notify users both above the download URL and at the top of the README. The commit can be reverted once users are used to the change.

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lool commented Mar 12, 2026

Added an extra commit to notify users both above the download URL and at the top of the README. The commit can be reverted once users are used to the change.

Thanks! This might be enough to broadcast

Let's just perhaps make sure meta-qcom folks would be happy with username/password "qcom" too, I'd hate changing this back and forth

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gagath commented Mar 12, 2026

I will let this PR sleep until we are sure the new user/password make consensus.

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gagath commented Mar 16, 2026

Seems we have reached consensus, marking back as ready to review.

@gagath gagath marked this pull request as ready for review March 16, 2026 12:30
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gagath commented Mar 17, 2026

@lool I let you the honor of merging this. :)

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lool commented Mar 26, 2026

This is ready for merging, but I've been waiting to have a mechanism to broadcast news to people downloading the builds from CI which IT is planning to implement.

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