The password field in /etc/passwd should have an x in it to indicate that /etc/shadow is being used for passwords. Put the "x" back in, then change the password. You can verify that it worked by looking for the encrypted password in /etc/shadow.
JamesS At 06:34 PM 5/19/02 -0400, Michael Leone wrote: >On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 18:00, Michael Leone wrote: >> >> Time to try editing the etc.lrp, and then re-inserting it onto the >> diskette. > >I edited out the root password from /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and >/etc/shadow-, and then recopied the newly made etc.lrp to my diskette. >(so there were no characters between the "::" after "root", in all 3 >files). This worked, and allowed me to boot with no root password. > >So, first thing, I decided to change the root password to something >else. So I issued a "passwd" command, and it said it was successfully >changed. However, when I log out, and log back in, root still has no >password. > >I've checked; the floppy is not write-protected. > >Thoughts, anyone? > >-- > >PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF >PGP public key: ><http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg> > >Conform or be cast out. > > >Attachment Converted: "d:\internet\eudora\attach\signature4.asc" > _______________________________________________________________ Hundreds of nodes, one monster rendering program. Now that's a super model! Visit http://clustering.foundries.sf.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
