Bruno Minotti, le Mon 21 Sep 2009 17:52:15 +0200, a écrit : > Philip Charles wrote: > >I cannot find a password that will enable me to log into my new Hurd > >installation. Installed using crosshurd. > > > >Any ideas? > I had the same problem and I solved mounting the Hurd Partition on > GNU/Linux and changing /etc/shadow (delete all "*" between ":") and > /etc/shadow (delete all "x" between ":"). After that root has not > password on Hurd; to log in just tape "login root" and <enter>.
apparently crosshurd sets x in the passwd field and doesn't build a shadow file indeed. Does anybody know why it doesn't just set an empty password by default (or maybe better, prompt for one and use mkpasswd)? Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
