Just out of curiousity, wouldn't it be easier to just copy the running system's security over to the new system. IIRC that would be copying /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group to /mnt/gentoo/etc
cd /etc cp passwd /mnt/gentoo/etc/ cp shadow /mnt/gentoo/etc/ cp group /mnt/gentoo/etc/ -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Pinion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: password for root on Gentoo for S/390 > > > 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
