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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
> 
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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.?! 


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