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https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/login-incorrect-error-after-boot-no-password-prompted-881131/Okay.. I figured it out:
I took a vanilla linux rootfs - made a recursive copy of
/usr/lib
/lib
from the vanilla linux rootfs to my target image rootfs:
Also, replaced the etc/login.defs, etc/shadow, etc/passwd and etc/group
I was able to login - In a second pass exercise, I narrowed it down to some missing dependent shared libraries. If someone is struggling with similar symptoms in future - please keep a tab on the /lib & /usr/lib
Phew!!