Frank Sabella wrote: > I have just completed two builds of lfs svn via jhalfs-2.2 and cannot > set the root > password after entering the chroot env. Entering 'passwd root' runs > through the > entire process but does not stop to let me enter a password. > > root:/# passwd root > Changing password for root > Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 127 characters) > Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers. > Bad password: too short. > Warning: weak password (enter it again to use it anyway). > Password changed. > root:/# > > I have found two previous posts with the same problem. One suggested > 'echo "root:PASSWORD" |chpasswd' which is only a workaround at best and the > other said he found the problem but didn't post the solution. > > Kind regards, > > frank
I had this same problem building from jhalfs. I found that if I went ahead and booted into the system, I could log in as root without a password and then set the password. I don't know what the problem is, but it is easy enough to get around. Joel -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
