[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>   
>>  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
>>
> 
> 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.?! 
> 

Does /etc/login.defs exist?

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