--- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- Datum: 10.05.2006 22:28 Von: Cross-LFS Support List <[email protected]> An: Cross-LFS Support List <[email protected]> Betreff: Re: [Clfs-support] pwconv > 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 >
hm, i forgot little detail. when i try to set a new password for root, then paaswd print out: changing password for root. thaths all. no password request.?! _______________________________________________ Clfs-support mailing list [email protected] http://ninja.linux-phreak.biz/mailman/listinfo/clfs-support
