On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:09:11PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > > i`m using Version CLFS-SVN-20060510-x86_64-Multilib > the most works fine but in the last chapter [ shadow-4.0.15] command > pwconv "destroy" my /etc/passwd file. after executing, no error messages > but also no login on the next free terminal. whaths happend? > > my dirty trick for a free terminal: > boot knoppix > vim /etc/inittab
Let me try to guess. You went down the 'boot' path (because otherwise you would be in chroot and any bad things would happen to /mnt/lfs/etc/passwd). Before you ran pwconv, there was no password for root. I think perhaps what you need to do is run 'passwd root' from within the booted system to set a password (i.e. I'm guessing that hashing an empty password does not match what gets generated when you try to login without a password). In fact, it tells you to run passwd root a little further down the page you were on (yes, I know it is much easier to read in a graphical browser than on a non-graphical setup). Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce _______________________________________________ Clfs-support mailing list [email protected] http://ninja.linux-phreak.biz/mailman/listinfo/clfs-support
