AFAIK passwd will only manipulate the passwd and shadow files in /etc so as long as you chroot, you should be fine. I've used this method on many x86 Gentoo installs.
- Jason Herne On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 14:58, Richard Pinion wrote: > I'm working with the Stage 3 install which is a pre-generated system. I tried > to do a "passwd root newpasswd" after performing a "chroot /mnt/gentoo". I suspect > this changes the password on the driving system. I made sure I changed root's > password to the same one I'm using on the driving system just in case this is true. > If this is true then I don't know how to update the password for root on the target > system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
