Thanks, that's got it. vipw(8) was what I needed, in that it allows one to keep the databases in sync with the password files, which was more the problem.
rip At 11:48 05/04/2004, Julien Gabel wrote: >> I've got a 4.8R system that I use for development of a 'freebsd-small' >> type network device. The network device environment runs out of >> memory, the kernel and an mfsroot.gz image coming from a 32Mb pccard >> Compact Flash drive. >> >> The mfsroot.gz development image is stored as a vnconfig vn0 >> virtual node, called 'mfsroot', on the development machine. >> >> Everything boots and I can do what I want with the system. >> >> The problem is that I need to be able to set the root password >> of the device, from the development machine prior to moving to >> the actual device. >> >> So I (or rather, 'root') mount(s) the virtual fs node: >> >> % vnconfig vn0 mfsroot >> % mount /dev/vn0 /mnt >> >> (under /mnt now is a partially functional FreeBSD 4.8R based >> installation, including /etc/master.passwd, etc) >> >> And then change the root directory to the mount point: >> >> % chroot /mnt >> >> And then try to change the password: >> >> % passwd >> Type new password: >> Retype new password: >> ... >> % >> >> The behavior I'm seeing is that the /original/ /etc/ password >> files and databases are updated, and not the [/mnt]/etc/ password >> files. >> >> Am I expecting incorrectly? Am I going to be able to change the >> network device's root password before moving to the actual device >> from the development machine, or will it be necessary to put >> /usr/bin/passwd onto the network device? > >The problem is that passwd(1) works only on /etc/master.passwd and >/etc/passwd. In order to set the password, I think the simplest way >is to set the wanted password on another system and copy & paste it >using vipw(8) using 'vipw -d /mnt/etc'. > >-- >-jpeg. >_______________________________________________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
